Much Adu About Nothing Says Alex Ferguson
Sir Alex Ferguson has denied that Manchester Untied have any imminent interest in signing 16 year old United States wonderkid Freddy Adu.
After making his full international debut for the USA in January 2006, Adu’s agent Richard Motzkin had claimed that both Chelsea and Manchester United had held “friendly talks” with him regarding the purchase of Adu but Ferguson has moved to quash the rumours saying “We are not interested in Freddy Adu. We have watched him as a youngster, but there is no interest in signing him at the moment.”
Motzkin’s comments were prompted by reports in the media that English Premiership champions Chelsea were close to securing a deal for the Ghanaian-born forward who burst onto the footbal scene in the United States at the tender age of 14.
As with any US based player, any transfer deal would then have to be negotiated between the player’s representatives and Major League Soccer who hold the players’ registrations in the US.
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