didn't feel this deserved it's own thread, so I thought I'd start a general thread http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/sports/story/0,4136,99547,00.html 10 Gems (Singapore) FREDDY ADU (DC UNITED & US) Perhaps the most sought-after teenager in world football. [font=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][size=-2]Freddy Adu.[/size][/font] Despite being only 16, striker Adu is coveted by a host of major clubs in Europe, as well as both the American and Ghanaian national sides. While Ghana, the country of his birth, have already offered him a place in their 2006 World Cup squad, Freddy is reportedly keen to represent the United States, his adopted home country. He still has four years left on his contract at DC United, but after that, a big money move to Europe is likely to follow.
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/art/2005/12/27/231572/Reds_get_a_boost_with_Vidic_deal.htm Lists Eurosport.com's top 10 rising stars to make in impact in 2006 Yaya Toure (Cote d'Ivoire) of Olympiakos; Freddy Adu (DC United/USA); Rio Mavuba (Bordeaux/France); Sergio Aguero (Independiente/Argentina); Romeo Castelen (Feyenoord/Netherlands); Theo Walcott (Southampton/England); Javier Mascherano (Corinthians/Argentina) and Emanuel Adebayor (Monaco/Togo).
http://sport.independent.co.uk/football/coca_cola/article335579.ece here, the Independant has a list of the top 20 players outside the Prem based upon potential. Convey comes in at #13, and is called the best winger, just barely beating out Eddie Lewis. While Lewis is in the top 10 of over 30 players outside of the Premiership, and Hahneman rates as #33 over all
http://www.football365.com/news/story_172675.shtml Fulham assistant Steve Kean hands out some praise for Brian McBride while the article talks about McBride becoming one of the top strikers in the premiership.
Adebayor is awesome. He's almost single handedly led Togo to the WC Finals. I think he'll have plenty of big club interest after this summer if not before then. Great skill. He's 6'2-6'3 and weighs about 180 I think. I'll be interested to see what happens with Adu during and after the January camp. He's got a unique skill set that can prove valuable to the national team if he shows well. Eddie Johnson, DaMarcus Beasley and Landon Donovan are the only other players we have as fast and dangerous on the ball as Adu in my opinion. Freddy moves at a diff. speed than just about everyone else and we could use that for sure.
Story on Leeds: http://soccernet.espn.go.com/columns/story?id=353496&root=england&cc=5901 Highlight is saying that Leeds is overly reliant on the creativity of Eddie Lewis.
http://www.stimme.de/sportwelt/wm2006/art8581,677321.html?fCMS=a9e268a2db6907fb6cf7a618e6da0f5a http://babelfish.altavista.com/babe...21.html?fCMS=a9e268a2db6907fb6cf7a618e6da0f5a this is a German article that talks about Freddy Adu, with some quotes from Freddy, Landon, and Claudio Reyna. The 2nd link is the babelfish translated page
From Babelfish: "Freddy hat's genuinly drauf." I think that's one thing about Freddy we can all agree on.
Ok one how come Im not on the list of top 10 rising players Cool article on Convey maybe a move to Liverpool
I suispect adu's performance in the match against poverty has given him some good PR elsewhere... good work nailing down all these links
Actually, they just put down the teams that could use or be interested in a player at certain position or of certain quality. It doesn't mean that the teams are pursuing him. Edit to add: You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to appooOnU again.
Freddy hat's echt drauf = Freddy hat es echt darauf. More or less, he genuinely has it. In America one would say, he is "material the Deal" .
In portuguese(interview with adu after the charity game) http://www.ojogo.pt/21-311/artigo520711.htm babelfish translation http://babelfish.altavista.com/babe...l=http://www.ojogo.pt/21-311/artigo520711.htm
http://www.allgemeine-zeitung.de/sport/objekt.php3?artikel_id=2196011 http://babelfish.altavista.com/babe...itung.de/sport/objekt.php3?artikel_id=2196011 This German article talks about how Kicker has ranked Goalkeepers and Defenders, and that Kasey Keller is somewhere among the top goal keepers in the Bundeslige
It says Freddy was born in Subject, in the Hunger. Choice lines: "Then it is prepared, because it will not delay very so that the young (16 years) born in Subject, in the Hunger, citizen of the United States since 1997, pass to integrate the fan of the main celebrities of the circus of the world-wide soccer." "Of it, Bruce Enclosure for bullfighting, North American selector, was taxing in the appreciation:"
Here's my take on the article. USA bets on "Soccer-Wunderkind" Freddy Adu He's billed as a "Soccer-Wunderkind" and has been for over a year the figurehead of MLS. At the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the 16 year old could become one of the stars. Coach Bruce Arena has invited the offensive middle fielder from Washington DC to the national team training camp for the first time in Carson, California, this January. "For his age I've never seen as talented a player as Freddy", Arena opined. Adu will turn 17 six days before the beginning of the World Cup - the same age as Pele at his first World Cup. If the pressure is raised, it'll play free and easy. The style and manner, with which Adu handles the ball and the expectations of the public, is likewise influenced. "I see myself one day in a world cup final with the US and I see how we, as outsiders, perform against the favored opponents, and grab the title. And when I lift the trophy in the air, someone will take a picture. Oh man, that would be massive." At least with such comments comes through the refreshing easygoing of a teenager, who, after more than a year in professional football, mystifies and schools the opposition. "Freddy has it going on. In America, one would say, he is the 'real deal'", said captain Claudio Reyna, and the former Leverkusen player Landon Donovan added, "With his spontaneity, his game wit, his speed and his technical capability, Freddy is an enrichment for every team". The praise of colleges is understandable. At 14 he celebrated his professional debut in MLS. At 13 he signed his first sponsorship deal with Nike and raked in $1 million a year for it. An alluring six-figure offer from Inter Milan propelled forward the development of her son, though mother Emelia had declined. After all, little Freddy was just 10. Could the Ghanian born Adu be the helper of development for US Football? "Why Not?", asked his famous uncle, former Hamburg player Anthony Yeboah, "I'm proud of him. Freddy has unbelievable potential". In the past year Freddy became champion with DC United, in 2005 led the U-20 national team to the round before the quarterfinal of the Youth World Cup. Hard to imagine, that the 5.67' monster talent firat played organized football at the age of 10 - two years after the Adu family left Ghana. Because the US and Ghana will duel in the group stage, it fits into the unusual history of this ball whisperer. "I still have to learn a few things, but I'll give it my all, to be there at the World Cup", said the third highest paid player in MLS ($550,00). His international renown is already getting a powerful thrust. On December 22nd, he gets to show his stuff in Düsseldorf at a benefit game on the side of, among others, Ronaldo and Zinedine Zidane.
Consistent good performance pays off in the end. This is also documented in the latest issue of Kicker, which is put forth in the first part of its traditional rankings of German football, in which keeper and central defenders come under the magnifying glass. In this ranking Dimo Wache, key player and captain of Mainz, has retained his position in the "field of vision". The 32 year old is or of the 12 best keepers in the Bundesliga. Leading the list, by the way, is headed national keeper Oliver Kahn of FC Bayern München, sometimes national keeper Frank Rost (Schalke), Robert Enke (Hannover) and Kasey Keller, all were designated world class. For the first time, Mainz central defender Manuel Friedrich made the leap onto the list. The Guldenthaler will be likewise classified by field of vision. What's interesting in the defender ranking, which headed by the Brazilian Lucio (Bayern), is the fact that, out of a total 16 central defenders, only two have German citizenship. Besides Friedrich, only Hannover's Per Mertesacker was likewise ranked on the list.