Pards buys youth academy
Alan Pardew continued yesterday to rebuild our youth policy Arsene Wenger style by buying another young prospect. 22 year-old Portugal U21 international centre-half
Jose Semedo signed on a free from Sporting Clube de Portugal. He didn't crack it at Sporting, and has played out on loan each of the past 3 seasons but the Portuguese giants do have a renowned youth academy.
Semedo's signing follows that of Chris Dickson, Martin Christensen, Mikkel Rygaard Jensen and Yassin Moutaouakil.