Freddy Adu on loan to Beleneses.

As twitted earlier, Freddy Adu is on the way to Belenenses on a 1 year loan deal.
For those of you that don't know Belenenses all that well, Belenenses is the less known Lisbon team.
They are currently 7th with a win, a tie and a loss. Last year they finished in the relegation zone, but because of Estrela da Amadora's financial problems, which caused them to be relegated to Portugal's third flight, Belenenses remained in the Liga Sagres.

With Benfica not being able to find a team that would pick up Freddy's high wages, the team opted to leave Freddy close to home to follow his development, rather thean sending him somewhere else, for another period of adaptation. Staying at Belenenses, will not only give a chance for Freddy to adapt to the Portuguese league, but it'll also provide him with a chnace to play more, how much he plays it's really up to him, as he can definitely be an important player for this team.

Belenenses is a fairly young team with an age average of 22. There are a lot of young players with considerable talent but they lack maturity to fight a place in Europe, but with the right coach, it's very possible that they have a good campaign and do better that the 15th place of last year. Benfica's budding young midfielder, Fellipe Bastos is also on loan at Belenenses, and looks to become a fixture in the team from Belem.