Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Manchester City Regarding A Deal For Emmanuel Adebayor A Target For Tottenham As Redknapp Looks To Bring In A New Striker

Harry Redknapp has confirmed Tottenham Hotspur are in talks with Manchester City regarding a deal for Emmanuel Adebayor and the former Arsenal striker is a surplus to requirements at City after spending the 2nd half of last season on loan at Real Madrid in a 27-year-old had previously been keen on a return to the Santiago Bernabeu and could now be offered the chance to join in his old club's arch rivals.

Spurs boss Redknapp revealed last month that he would be interested in a signing the Togo forward but stressed it would only be a loan deal for the negotiations with City have reportedly been ongoing for some time and with Adebayor's reported £170,000 a week wage packet proving to the only real stumbling block.

Adebayor scored twice against Tottenham for the real Champions League quarter-final 1st leg clash between the 2 teams at the Bernabeu last season and the redknapp has room in his squad for another striker after Republic of Ireland international Robbie Keane joined for the Los Angeles Galaxy earlier this week.

International career for a adebayor was also eligible to play for Nigeria but chose to represent in the country of his birth and he helped Togo qualify for the 2006 African Cup of Nations by scoring 11 goals in qualifiers more than any other player in the African qualifiers for 10 February 2009 and Confederation of African Football (CAF) picked Adebayor is the African Footballer of the Year for 2008 at an awards ceremony held in Lagos, Nigeria.

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