{"id":295531,"date":"2023-11-05T11:39:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T11:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/?p=295531"},"modified":"2023-11-05T11:39:00","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T11:39:00","slug":"freddy-adu-still-looking-for-club-two-years-after-swedish-side-ditched-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportslifetale.com\/soccer\/freddy-adu-still-looking-for-club-two-years-after-swedish-side-ditched-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Freddy Adu still looking for club two years after Swedish side ditched him"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A player once tipped to be America’s answer to Pele is planning a return to the sport two years after he was discarded by a club in Sweden for not being fit enough. Freddy Adu became the youngest player ever to sign a major league professional contract in any team sport when was the number one overall pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft, joining D.C. United.<\/p>\n

After relative success in Washington, he joined Real Salt Lake before being snapped up by European giants Benfica after just 11 appearances in 2007. But from here, the attacking midfielder embarked on a journeyman existence that has seen him turn out for another 12 clubs on various loans and permanent deals.<\/p>\n

In 2021, he joined Swedish outfit Osterlen FF but was released without ever making a single appearance with team manager Agim Sopi telling Swedish outlet Fotbollskanalen that: “His physical status was zero.”<\/p>\n

Since then, Adu, 33, has been in the football wilderness but – having suffered withdrawal symptoms from the game – is once again itching to reignite his playing career at whatever level will have him.<\/p>\n

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Adu told NJ.bet\u00a0recently: “I know that I must get fit and haven\u2019t played for a while so I would have to go in and do trials, which will need me to be super fit.<\/p>\n

“I\u2019m at the point where I\u2019m prepared to do that and so it will be this summer, and hopefully it goes according to plan, that there are some doors that open and I can have the opportunity to get back to playing.<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t know what opportunities will come, but I must be ready for any opportunity that comes. I\u2019m not going to say I\u2019m too good for anyone. I just want to get back to playing the game that I love and miss. I miss the atmosphere, I miss the locker room, I miss training every day in the morning, being around the guys \u2013 I miss it all.”<\/p>\n

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