Freddy Adu - Thoughts on Benfica
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by Ryno
Thursday evening’s MLS broadcast on ESPN featured an interesting report during halftime of the New England v. Kansas City Match up. Freddy Adu was interviewed in regards to his move from the US to Portugal and his signing with Benfica.
The thing that was most interesting is that Freddy very plainly stated his two reasons for making the jump to Europe. The first was that if he did decide to move to Europe, he wanted it to be with a big club. The second was he wanted to play consistently in UEFA Champions League games, year in and year out.
Which presents a new set of questions for the American fan still learning the history and tradition of the European and British club football scene…does Benfica address Adu’s two main concerns properly or was he playing to the camera? Clearly, BWINLIGA is a smaller league with Lisbon and Porto providing the only real competition. So is this league and is this club right for him?
