Freddy Adu, a former teenage superstar whose early promise faded into a nomadic career across multiple countries, has urged young Barcelona and Spain winger Lamine Yamal to avoid his mistakes and concentrate on football. Adu highlights that intense attention brings many distractions and that young players struggle to live a normal life under constant scrutiny. Yamal attracted tabloid headlines after a reported holiday with an OnlyFans model and an 18th birthday party that caused concern at Barcelona. Club management reportedly worried about off-field distractions but still rewarded Yamal with a new six-year contract.
My advice would be that he concentrates, train and concentrate on his art. Because there will be many distractions. And I'm sure there are right now. All eyes are on him all the time, and that is difficult. It's really difficult. Personally, I couldn't be a normal boy, and this comes from someone who lives in the United States, and in the United States soccer is not even the most important sport here.
Adu was labelled 'the next Pele' after bursting on to the scene as a youngster in the mid-2000s. Adu was the youngest athlete at the time to sign a professional contract across all sports in the United States after joining DC United aged 14 and he made his debut for the USMNT two years later. His early promise soon diminished, however, and he ended up having a nomadic career that took in clubs in Portugal, France, Greece, Turkey, Brazil and Serbia among many others.
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