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Freddy Adu Will Be Back: The First Of Eleven Predictions For 2011
Here’s an old prediction, now recast for 2011: This will be Freddy Adu’s comeback year.His critics insist Adu is finished, barely a journeyman, and his latest gig is proof. He has been practicing, without a contract, with FB Randers, now in 10th place out of 12 teams in the Danish super liga.
Of course you could argue that at 21 Adu is still a hugely successful soccer player. He’s made millions from big time sponsors, including Nike; he’s played for great teams, including the US National team; he’s scored deciding goals; been a reliable playmaker, and last year had a good run with Aris Salonika FC, the leading club in Greece’s second largest city, Thessaloniki.
But in an age when success is a hangman’s scaffold and anyone who gets to the top must come down the trap door, Adu is portrayed as the prodigy who didn’t deliver on a promise.
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