Freddy Adu tweets the truth

May 18th, 2009 | by: Brooks Peck |

No doubt about it, this has been a frustrating season for both Freddy Adu and all US soccer fans attempting to collectively will him to great success. Monaco took him on a loan deal for seemingly no reason other than to keep their bench warm (he has only been a substitute in nine Ligue 1 games) and every official word from Freddy was upbeat and highlighting the positives of working with the coaches and enjoying his surroundings.

But with newly created “FreddyAdu11” Twitter account, it appears Freddy — if it really is, in fact, The Adu himself — is leaking the honest truth 140 characters at a time (in addition to questioning whether he should date Lindsey Lohan and getting hyped over Eminem’s new album).

Adu was available for Monaco’s game against Valenciennes on Saturday and did go unused as the match ended in a 1-1 draw with his team using only two of their substitutions, so the tweet above does make realistic sense — even if the club’s decision behind it doesn’t.

Assuming this is the real deal, it seems Freddy is tired of the games — and lack thereof — Monaco has played with him this year. Seems he’s ready for a new club that will Respect The Adu.

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George

Looks fake to me. Look around Twitter; there are a ton of fake footballer accounts with vague updates. Look at @EdsonBuddle or @bj6; those are what real footballer accounts look like. Now look at @JozyAltidore17 (surely made by the same person who made @FreddyAdu11).
Brooks Peck

George, JozyAltidore17 is not a fake account — Jozy references it on his facebook page (his real facebook page).
George

Thanks, Brooks. I now see Jozy’s blog where he mentions his twitter: http://goal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/23/jozy-altidore-twitter-and-toenails/

About Adu, @stuholden22 and Jozy both think he’s real, so, yeah.

In his first tweet Adu asks the fans which team we want him to be on. Too good to be true!
Pseudinho

According to Twitter. It looks like Freddy and Jozy will be rooming together with the national team this summer.
George

Twitter is brilliant:
http://twitter.com/brianching
Pseudinho

I refuse to be Ching’s twitter friend.
http://usa.worldcupblog.org/ Marlon

You people are horrifying.
Lugo

Adu needs to be patient. His teammate, Colombian international Juan Pablo Pino, had to go trough the same treatment at Monaco and now is shining for them.
SP

yeah lugo, but the difference is that adu was only on loan at monaco for this season and they are not going to buy him so it’s not like they are trying to groom him for the future like they did with pino. this isn’t a case of adu needing to wait to get his time bc he’s not going to be at monaco after this year.