He was considered the new Pelé, admired Messi and now sells vacuum cleaners

It is very common (and unhealthy) that every time a footballer who shows great talents at such a young age emerges, he is compared to the historical star of his country. In Argentina, before it happened with Diego Maradona, until Lionel Messi arrived and broke all the paradigms. Now, it is Leo who is set as an example, something that can put too much pressure on those emerging youth.

Obviously, it is commonplace that in Brazil their little figures are still compared to Pelé, who passed away a few weeks ago. However, this time he matched the three-time World Cup champion, an absolute record so far, with someone from another country; but that given their physical similarity it became inevitable for the press to do so.

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We are mentioning Freddy Adu, a boy who was born in Ghana but who had gone to live with his family in the United States at a very young age. At the age of 14, he was already on the cover of all the magazines and newspapers due to his great resemblance to O'Rey, with whom they got together to do a soft drink advertisement. After an Under 17 World Cup where he did very well from a personal point of view, offers began to pour in.

Milan, Inter and Ajax were determined to buy him, but his mother considered that at 17 he was too young to leave the country, so he ended up with DC United of Washington, a club that was very close to his home. Millionaire contract with Nike, cover of FIFA 2006 in the US, had it all. But little by little his level dropped, he no longer had that physical power that characterized him and in his career he ended up playing in 14 different clubs. A short time ago, he had to sell vacuum cleaners to survive.

The relationship with Ángel Di María

The recent world champion was Adu's teammate at Benfica: The Eagles bought them both almost at the same time. In an interview, Freddy himself said that he felt that at that time he was better than Noodle, but when he decided to leave because he didn't play, everything changed. He had another relationship with Argentina in 2003, when in an interview with the newspaper La Nación he said that he was a fan of Argentine players, and that his favorite was Juan Sebastián Verón.