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First Ade & Ronaldo to smash the wage structure at United
Published 2/3/2008 by Ronaldo Assis de Moreira at 101 Great Goals - latest football videos and international soccer goals from the Premier League, Champions League,La liga, Serie A, World Cup, UEFA Cup and more
... A “big interview” in the Observer features Nii Lamptey, “He was the new Pelé who, after being horribly abused by both his parents, fled from Ghana to Europe to make a spectacular start to his career. But then personal tragedy and football’s unscrupulous money men ruined his career. Only now, at the age of 33 and with the junior school he founded in his homeland offering a message of hope, does he finally feel free to tell his remarkable story.” ...

Cherish The Mental Image News
Published 2/4/2008 by brucio at du Nord
... Brian Oliver of the Observer on one of the many amazingly talented players from Africa that went to Europe and saw it all go wrong. ...