It looks likes American teenager Freddy Adu will be on his way to Old Trafford to train with Manchester United for a few weeks after all. The Red Devils issued a statement yesterday denying that the D.C. United forward/midfielder would not be on his way to Manchester, but Manager Sir Alex Ferguson came out today to say quite the opposite. In fact, ESPN Soccernet claims that the training session is indeed a try-out and that United will make a bid for the player if all goes well. Given Ferguson’s comments, that report sounds speculative at best, but even so, it’s bizarre that so much is being made of a two-week training session. Asked if he was interested in signing the 17-year old, Ferguson said: “I think so, he’s only a young lad but we have known of him for a long time. We tried to get him here some years ago but he signed for D.C. United and that stopped the progress of us keeping tabs on him.” On the other hand, Nick Miller of Sporting Life surmises that Ferguson may be singing a different tune today because the Glazer family, the Americans who own Manchester United, got wind of the news and thought to themselves it might not be a bad piece of PR for both Major League Soccer and Man Utd to have America’s most promising export get acquainted with a world-class environment. It’s a trend that’s being written about daily in the European press: soccer is a business and America is starting to look like this glaringly big, open opportunity. This, of course, begs the question: is Freddy Adu a genuine talent or a big marketing play? Would a player like David Beckham add to the quality to MLS or simply sell shirts at sporting goods stores? And does it even matter, as long as everyone benefits financially?