I've heard a rumour that Freddy Adu may be joining Reading on loan in January, with an option of a permanent move for £5mill. i think this would be brilliant. I'll admit that I've never seen him play, bt I've heard about him and he's meant to have great potential. At 17 he won't be staying in the American league much longer if he wants to big career, so a move across the Atlantic makes sense.

People are rubbishing the idea, but listen to what I have to say, it makes a bit of sense. Don't get me wrong, playing at Reading will probably not be the pinnacle of his career. However, he may well come to club on our level in his early years to get used to English football and get some first team football, which he would not get at a bigger club at 17. It could well be the case that after success at Reading he'd move away after a couple of years. It would stop him from being thrown in too deep if he was overrated.

The next barrier is the transfer fee. £5mill. Do reading have that sort of money, with Stadium expansion possibly being planned? Simple, he's on loan at first. If at the end of the season we think we're not ready to spend £5mill on future superstars we'll not do it, and having him on loan gives us the option to send him back if we're not ready for players of his standard. However, if we are then we'll spend the £5mill on him, we had £5mill+ offers rejected in the summer, so I'm sure the fee wouldn't be too much of a stumbling block.

I know the Sun is not a relyable source, but the idea of Adu's career in England starting with Reading is not as ridiculous as it first sounds, and if West Ham can sign Mascherano and Tevez then who knows?