Feeling Froggy

According to several media sources, a representative of AS Monaco, will be in Lisbon with the purpose of convincing Benfica to loan Freddy Adu. Not too long ago, Monaco's coach, Ricardo Gomes, publicly claimed that Adu was too expensive for the club, which leads me to conclude that the move would involve a loan period and not a sale.

I've written it here once before, and i'll write it again, if Benfica is to loan Adu, it'll be an incredible dumb move.
If in fact the whole purpose of Freddy going on loan is to give him an opportunity to play more, then why send him to another country, where he will have to go through the whole adaptation process again?

Logically, it makes no sense to me, but if you think dollars and cents, Monaco is very capable of paying Adu's wages for the year, and that would be the only way Benfica would let him go.
Loaning Adu to another Portuguese club, and have that club pay for his wages for the year, is something that would be very rare in Portugal, as most clubs, can not afford that type of an expense.
With Adu going on loan, and subsequently having his wages paid by another club, Benfica would free up some of their payroll.

We can't forget that, at this time it's all about Aimar, every effort is being made to bring the Argentine to Benfica.
We'll wait and see how the process plays out, but if you ask me, if in fact a Monaco representative is in Lisbon, conversations are already underway, and may very well reach a conclusion soon.

Word of advice to Benfica - see if you can include Marc Zoro in the deal, i heard he is one of Benfica's top earners, and he already speaks French.



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