LONDON: English Premiership newcomers Reading are set to swoop for Ghana-born US footballing prodigy Freddy Adu (pic), The Sun tabloid newspaper reported yesterday.
Reading boss Steve Coppell, who already has Americans Bobby Convey and Marcus Hahnemann on the books, wants the 17-year-old midfielder, who has been in outstanding form for US Major League Soccer’s DC United, on a six-month loan from January with a view to a £5mil permanent deal next summer.
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