Thursday, March 28, 2024

Surely it is time for Emmanuel Adebayor to leave Manchester City?

Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor has been omitted from Manchester City’s squad for their pre-season tour of America.

Although the striker is quality on his day he has been out of favour at City in the last few months.

Surprised

The snub has surprised the striker. Adebayor told press: “ I don’t know what I have done wrong,”

“I get an email, out of the blue, on my holidays telling me I wasn’t going on the tour and they told me I am not going to train with the first team. It’s an insult to me to tell me I am now only fit to train with the reserves.

“I will return to training, but I feel I’ve been let down and disrespected.”

Unsurprising

The decision may have came as a surprise to Adebayor but it won’t have surprised most fans and observers. Adebayor spent the second half of last season at Spanish giants Real Madrid after falling out of favour at Eastlands.

Real Madrid boss Jose Mourinho is believed to still rate the striker, although the Togo international was not his first choice attacking option. Athletic Bilbao striker Fernando Llorente was his first choice striking target.

Mourinho didn’t get his wish because the Real Madrid hierarchy were unwilling to give the Portuguese boss the funds to sign the giant Bilbao striker. Instead, Mourinho turned his attention to signing the Manchester City striker on-loan.

Limbo

Although the Real Madrid boss likes Adebayor he decided not to make his loan move permanent this summer. That means that the 27 year-old is now in limbo, not wanted at Manchester City and not wanted in the Spanish capital.

Attitude

Emmanuel Adebayor is often criticised for his lethargic attitude. He is at times lazy on the pitch and sometimes looks uninterested when things aren’t going his way. He has also got himself a reputation for being difficult to manage.

He also really hasn’t helped himself by coming out with comments in the media about wanting to move and his unhappiness at his various clubs. The striker would be better letting his football do the talking.

Talent

It’s a shame that the striker has developed himself such a bad reputation because on his day he has all the qualities of a truly world-class player. On his day he is one of the best strikers in the Premier League.

He just doesn’t have enough of those days. However Adebayor is still a player capable of producing at the top level of football. At 27 he is just coming into his prime and he will score goals in whichever league he plays in.

Next

It’s unclear where Emmanuel Adebayor’s future lies. I think Emmanuel Adebayor would be a good signing for most Premier League clubs. The Togo international might need to cut his wages to stay in the English top flight though.

If Adebayor does want to prove his critics wrong then he needs to start playing and scoring goals on a regular basis.

Unlikely

With Carlos Tevez’s future in doubt at Manchester City there could have been an opportunity for Adebayor to reignite his City career. However unfortunately for Adebayor it seems that while Roberto Mancini is in charge at City he is unlikely to get another chance in the Manchester City first team. Although he may only have himself to blame for the snub.

Where will Emmanuel Adebayor end up this summer?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

David Nugent


David is a freelance football writer with nearly a decade of experience writing about the beautiful game. The experienced writer has written for over a dozen websites and also an international soccer magazine offline.
Arguably his best work has come as an editorial writer for Soccernews, sharing his good, bad and ugly opinions on the world’s favourite sport. During David’s writing career he has written editorials, betting previews, match previews, banter, news and opinion pieces.

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  • rexona

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    the fact Adebayor is lazy on the pitch doesnt prevent from scoring goals.
    and i know for a fact that because Balloteli that is the reason for the dislike in man city camp.
    i some times dont understand the behavior of mancini,
    irrespective of him been a former player of the game. God wouldnt close doors for the Togolese

  • rizzo

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    Adebayor’s problem is his immaturity, but a good coach must be wiling to work with that! So it is both an probllem with Mnacini as well as Adebayor. My question to Mancini is this: this is the best in-the-air striker he has, none of the others he has can easily score headers, including Tevez. Of course, Dzeko and Ballotelli are a joke, whne it comes to scoring headers. How is Mancini going to deal with the air balls in the english game? These guys are all supposed to be professionals, including Mancini.

  • Sam

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    I reckon there’d be some premier league teams that would try and get him for a good price. City won’t be asking for too much. Perhaps a club like Wigan, Blackburn or one of the newly promoted teams

  • Sam

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    I reckon there’d be some premier league teams that would try and get him for a good price. City won’t be asking for too much. Perhaps a club like Wigan, Blackburn or one of the newly promoted teams

  • rizzo

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    Adebayor’s problem is his immaturity, but a good coach must be wiling to work with that! So it is both an probllem with Mnacini as well as Adebayor. My question to Mancini is this: this is the best in-the-air striker he has, none of the others he has can easily score headers, including Tevez. Of course, Dzeko and Ballotelli are a joke, whne it comes to scoring headers. How is Mancini going to deal with the air balls in the english game? These guys are all supposed to be professionals, including Mancini.

  • rexona

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    the fact Adebayor is lazy on the pitch doesnt prevent from scoring goals.
    and i know for a fact that because Balloteli that is the reason for the dislike in man city camp.
    i some times dont understand the behavior of mancini,
    irrespective of him been a former player of the game. God wouldnt close doors for the Togolese

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