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THE RISE AND FALL OF FREDDY ADU

STEVE KENNEDY LOOKS AT HOW A TEENAGE PRODIGY HAS FOUND IT TOUGH TO FULFIL HIS TALENT!…

STEVE KENNEDY
FADED DREAMS
AT JUST 14 years old, the world seemed to be in awe of one young man. Growing up in the Ghanaian port city of Tema, this player would move to America with his family as an eight-yearold and call the humble surroundings of Rockville, Maryland, home.
From that point, it would be just six short years until the stocky-build, ever-smiling teenager – labelled as ‘the next Pele’ – would capture the world’s attention by becoming the youngest ever pla...

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