The Official Site of Maurice Edu

Thu, Oct 30th 2008, 13:49

Vital Rangers Maurice Edu Profile

Maurice Edu was another summer signing that Walter Smith seemed to pull out of his sleeve, before the press got wind of the link as he signed from Toronto FC who are managed by none other than ex Gers and Celtic Legend Mo Johnstone.

It was apparently Mo Johnstone who first alerted Walter about the powerful 6ft1’ American Defensive Midfielder, who at the age of 22 has broken into the National Squad and is a permanent feature beside the likes of Clint Dempsey of Fulham and Rangers winger DeMarcas Beasley in a strong U.S.A. Team.

I must admit when I heard we had signed Edu I thought of former Arsenal midfielder Edu which I later found out many others had also.

So why did Walter splash nearly 3 million pounds for the pacey holding midfielder ? He has not much experience, yet has earned 14 Caps for the USA and Walter was obviously impressed with video footage and he then sent Ewan Chester out to watch the kid play.

Along with reassurance from Beasley and Mo Johnstone, Walter spoke with Edu and was impressed with his attitude and explained to him that he would not just walk into the side.

The big Yank is seen to be a stand in for the now out of favour former Gers Holding player Hemdani and Smith has watched Edu in training and in bounce games stating he has good vision and is very quick and powerful, he is young and is willing to learn and will be a good player to have in the squad, he played against Hamilton on Tuesday night and I felt he was very impressive as did many other fans. He was getting from box to box sharply and also finding players with decent passes and was not scared to have a shot at goal.

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