Man United, a former crack sent to prison

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By: Manu Tournoux

Five years after his retirement (and a last experience in Adana Demirspor, Turkey), midfielder Anderson was sentenced to prison sentence for non-payment of alimony by the Porto Alegre family court. The former Manchester United prodigy will spend 30 days behind bars and was punished with a fine of 160,000 euros.

As the local press indicates, the former international Auriverde (8 selections in 2007 and 2008) will take the direction of a penitentiary center but, in the event of last minute payment of the amount claimed by the judge, he will then be under a “semi-open” regime, which will allow him to go out during the day to study or work.

Anderson Luis de Abreu Oliveira was recruited by Man United in May 2007 for 30 million euros from FC Porto. After winning the 2008 Champions League, with Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic, Patrice Evra, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Nani, Wayne Rooney, Cristiano Ronaldo or Carlos Tévez, against Chelsea (1-1, 6-5 Tab), the player has a time one of Sir Alex Ferguson.

The end of career far from Man United

Anderson did not manage to make Scholes forget in the midfield. He was loaned to La Fiorentina in 2013 before leaving Manchester United with four coronations in the Premier League at the charts (2008, 2009, 2011 and 2013) to sign at the Internacional in 2015.

The left -handed midfielder chained two full seasons with the formation of Porto Alegre within the Brasileiro before physically flanked and hang up the crampons. He then had time to be a father for the ninth time …