Transfer wrap: Adebayor nears Spurs loan

Tottenham Hotspur are reportedly closing in on a season-long loan deal for out-of-favour Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor.

Adebayor, 27, does not feature in the first-team plans of City manager Roberto Mancini and spent the second half of the 2010/11 campaign on loan with Real Madrid.

City were reportedly reluctant to contribute to Adebayor’s 170,000 pound-a-week wages, but are now believed to be negotiating a deal where the former Arsenal man’s salary is split between the two clubs.

The apparently imminent arrival of Adebayor comes as Spurs striker Robbie Keane nears the White Hart Lane exit.

The Republic of Ireland international, who went on loan to West Ham last season, has been linked with Leicester City and the Los Angeles Galaxy.

In other transfer news, midfielder Keith Andrews has joined Championship club Ipswich Town on a six-month loan from English Premier League side Blackburn Rovers.

The agent of Mexico international Carlos Vela claims three Spanish clubs are interested in loan moves for the Arsenal forward.

Vela spent part of last season on loan with West Bromwich Albion and has previously appeared for Salamanca and Osasuna during his Arsenal career.

Real Sociedad and Real Zaragoza are reportedly two of the clubs interested in the 22-year-old’s services.

And Championship side Middlesbrough have re-signed 30-year-old Argentine Julio Arco on a two-year deal.