If Vela (Mexican Youth) can do it for Arsenal, it is possible that Adu can do it for Chelsea. Mexican youth transfered to Arsenal for around $3.7 mil. He is only 16. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/4422984.stm Thread in the Arsenal forum about this. https://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/showthread.php?t=257856 this is just a few days ago. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=soccer&id=2315447 However, I don't think Vela can play for Arsenal until 18. So Adu can't play for Chelsea until he is 18 (which is next summer).
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here vela can't play til 18... it's pretty pointless... can't practice with the adults... hell, he didn't even get a wp is back in spain see the thread in the us men's youth forum
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here What I wanna know is... what will The International Soccer Community think? Is Chicken Little released on DVD today or something?
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here True. He can't play until June 2007. So it is possible for Chelsea to buy Adu rights from MLS but Adu would not be allowed to play for Chelsea until he is 18.
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here Then why not stick to those threads dealing w/ the Chelsea rumor instead of cluttering up every board w/ yet another Adu thread. At least you didn't title it "Much Ado about xxx".
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here He will play this season with DC, then go to Chelsea.
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here On the YA "Adu to Chelsea" thread, a poster noted that a Brazilian U-17 Anderson was sold to Porto for $7M and got to play because his mommy moved to Portugal a few months earlier. http://www.fcporto.pt/English/players.asp?lg=eng&idEpoca=340&idCompeticao=34&idJogador=26838
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here Adu also needs a work permit, which will be difficult to get before he gets more PT with the USMNT. He's not going to have the same star quality in Europe as he does here, unless he's able to prove something quickly.
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here Your own link has the guy with zero games. And the kid turns 18 in about 10 weeks. I'm starting to think that clubs are trying to buy but not play children, and see how FIFA reacts. The rule is black and white...you can't transfer children. But children, a few, seem to be transferring, but not playing. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here As I understand it you can play before you are 18 but you can't have a professional contract. All this, assuming, Adu could receive a work permit. If Howard got one, I'm sure based on potential, Adu could appeal and win a permit. If Chelsea were a Nike sponsored team, I could see him heading over there this summer and paying his what Chelsea couldn't do legally. Otherwise I don't see him there until he's 18.
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here The thing with Vela is that Arsenal knew he couldn't play, he's sort of a test subject (a test subject with amazing potential). Arsenal and Celta Vigo have agreed a deal, where Arsenal buy North and South Americans and send them to Celta to earn a European work permit (much like Arsenal did with Ivorian international Emmaunel Eboue at KSK Beveren). In return Celta receive tactical advice, some first options on Arsenal players they may be interested in, and a bit of cash. Chelsea have a similar deal with PSV Eindhoven, I beleive. Also, wasen't Phillips rumored to have offered one of Freddy's parents a job in Eindhoven which would allow Freddy to live their and sign for PSV?
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here Couldnt Chelsea buy him, sign him, and loan him back until either he ripens or a loophole can be arranged? In that way both the sale rumors and the MLS claim that "Freddy will be playing in DC for the foreseable future" would be true. On the same note, in the category of salary cap circumvention, couldnt there be a sale, loan, and trade in which DC gets a guy they couldnt otherwise afford but is being paid by the other club?
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here actually he was practicing with the adults just like he is doing it now in celta...so the same could happen with Adu..
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here We're talking about a different issue, the international transfer of children. Nobody doubts that 17 year Nigerians can play for a Nigerian club. The question is whether one can play for a Spanish club.
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here Damn rules and regulations. That's why they lawyers, I guess. There's loopholes obviously but where and what those are probably kept very secret. Those who have found them, probably keep quiet as it allows that agent to gain more profiton that one player as opposed to completing four minor deals equally that one big singing.
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here I doubt if mommy moved for other reasons then to cook some tasty brasilian meals for him. The truth is that brasilians are more or less considered to be portugees by origin, unless your name is japanese.
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here Those that have found the loopholes in the FIFA prohibition against the international transfer of children have remained extrememly quiet. That's because there aren't any.
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here In another Adu thread I posted this: I understand that there is a lack in knowledge about Chelsea. It is a publicly known secret in Holland that Chelsea and PSV have a (I donot know how it is called in English but I try to explain it) mutual agreement that Chelsea can put players at PSV that arenot eligible for UK work permits, until these players have the by the UK required number of national team caps. The top scout for Abramovic is a Dutchman with connections to PSV. So in soccer we have the dutch-russian connection. There has been an article about the conspiracy of big money parties to corner the top talent soccer market. Up till now the only player that fits the bill of the afore mentioned construction is the PSV defender Alex, who is rumoured to be on the Chelsea list. But Adu would be welcome at PSV, if the Chelsea connection works.
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here Interesting. Clicking your link gives us the following stats for the current season: Appearances - 0 Complete Games - 0 Minutes Played (Abs) - 0 Minutes Played (Avg) - 0 Games Started - 0
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here Stats only are useful if uptodate. I donot know if that is or isnot the case with those links. In the Feyenoord statistics you are led to believe that Jonathan the Guzman hasnot done anything yet, while the truth is that he rocketed into the limelight and into the attention of big money clubs. So be careful to prove your point with stats.
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here I'm not the one who linked to a page showing 0 minutes played. edit - and this is from Porto's official web site. Do you seriously think that they would not update player stats?
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here Weel, I donot think about it, I only wonder if other clubs are as sloppy as Feyenoord on that field.
Re: Adu can transfer before he is 18: Proof here Chelsea is in England. PSV Eindhoven is in the Netherlands. Both England and the Netherlands are in the European Union. Therefore, they can transfer players between their teams.