"I played better than Di Maria at Benfica" - Freddy Adu

Kandey Alhassan December 23, 2020 0

 

Freddy Adu says during his time in the Portuguese club SL Benfica he was stronger than Angel Di Maria.

In 2007 Adu joined the Eagles as a world beater, the same year that Di Maria came from Central Rosario.

At 31 the attacker had the world at his feet, and the talent he showed at the age of 17 made him a contrast to the Brazilian legend Pele.

However, despite playing for a number of European clubs, he could never fulfill his immense potential.

The Ghanaian-born looked back at a particular point in his career and felt that he had made an error, which proved his growth expensive.

"The biggest mistake I made in my career was being loaned by Benfica to Monaco. If I could have reversed that decision, I would not have accepted the loan," Adu said on the Blue Wire Podcasts.

"I had gone through three coaches in a year at Benfica. There was so much confusion at that club that I think I just wanted to get out of there and go to another team as soon as possible."

"I came to Benfica at the same time as Di Maria. In the first year I was better. I played better than him, but decided to go on loan and Di Maria stayed at Benfica," he explained.

“What happened? He became a starter and one or two years later he went to Real Madrid, while I continued going from loan to loan."

The nomadic advance is currently trading at Österlen Fotbollförening, a Swedish low-level firm.

He's been playing in 15 different clubs worldwide.