Premier League - Adebayor gun T-shirt sparks outcry

Eurosport - Sat, 27 Mar 11:19:00 2010

Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor has been criticised for wearing a T-shirt featuring a gun weeks after surviving the Togo team bus attack.

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Adebayor turned up at a 50 Cent gig in Manchester on Thursday sporting a dark grey shirt with a white pistol emblazoned across its front.

The Togo captain was unhurt in a machine gun attack perpetrated by Angolan rebels upon the bus carrying them to the African Cup of Nations in January, in which three people died.

They subsequently pulled out of the tournament, with Adebayor quoted as saying: "We've seen death. It's one of the worst things I have ever been through."

The Sun published comments from an onlooker at the concert criticising the player: "I was very shocked considering the Africa shooting. His fashion choice is tasteless. It's inappropriate for him to promote guns as 'cool'."

Adebayor, 26, joined City from Arsenal in the summer.

Jonathan Symcox / Eurosport

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  1. who cares what the guy wore its not like the friggin­ gun was real......always someone moaning about sumit­ .....an onlooker at the concert criticising the player:­ "I was very shocked considering the Africa­ shooting. His fashion choice is tasteless. It's­ inappropriate for him to promote guns as­ 'cool'.".......and very inappropriate of­ you to promote blazers as cool you tool :)

    From barny, on Tue 13 Apr 4:47
  2. dont people have better things to spend their energy on

    From Beaven, on Fri 9 Apr 22:53
  3. Adebayor is just a self conceited character who think­ that the world revolves around him. It is not lost to­ many about the act he put up after the unfortunate­ attack on Togo National Footable Team. Simply,he does­ not have quality thinking skills and is leadership­ skills are weak as well. He could do a lot by humbling­ himself and concentrating on playing football without­ pursing limelight which does not bring the best out of­ him.

    From MARYAM, on Tue 30 Mar 20:34
  4. David J - I'll show you places like that in­ Cambridge mate, it's not exclusive to the­ "gangsta" streets of the US, although I wish­ it was. Anyone who thinks it's cool will go out and­ find out for themselves that it isn't, and­ unfortunately nothing you can say can educate them into­ not trying it for themselves. Now there is plenty you­ can do to educate them, but you don't really seem­ like a man of action to me, it's easier to just say­ something on the internet isn't it? If those guided­ tours are real sign me up for one, I am very intrested­ to see what you have to show the "youf".

    From Chris EFC, on Tue 30 Mar 19:25
  5. Really? the dude was shot at, he gets the right to­ decide afterwards if he wants to wear a gun on his­ shirt, nobody else gets to choose for him. He had free­ will like the rest of us do you band wagon jumping­ tools.
    koshmar2005 - First off I agree with your­ sentiment, secondly PLEASE do not confuse gangsta rap­ with hip hop mate, they are 2 different things and I­ for one enjoy hip hop, even though I agree gangsta rap­ is a load of old borrocks. Check out De la Soul, Lupe­ Fiasco, CeeLo Green (goodie mob), A tribe called Quest,­ The Pharcyde, Jeru the Damaja, outcast, The roots,­ Dilated peoples, Del the funky Homosapien, Slum­ Village, etc.

    From Chris EFC, on Tue 30 Mar 17:14
  6. im currently wearing a t shirt saying i hate gays so­ what man,ilove men

    From lee, on Tue 30 Mar 15:48
  7. this is a load of tosh so what,

    From lee, on Tue 30 Mar 15:46
  8. this is a load of tosh so what,

    From lee, on Tue 30 Mar 15:45
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    to all who condemned him,HAVE A LIFE FOOLS­ !!!!,he's smoking than ur mother #@$£ing mouth

    From ade, on Mon 29 Mar 16:32
  10. People get a life, more things in life to worry about­ than a stupid T-Shirt........

    From Clare, on Mon 29 Mar 12:35
  11. For all of you who think the Gansta culture in the USA­ s "cool", come walk the streets of some of­ the neighborhoods. That will change your simple­ minds. It's not as cool as you think. Trash, stink,­ crime, and people who choose not to make a better life­ for them and their families.

    From DRJ1971, on Mon 29 Mar 0:32
  12. If you all think guns are cool, join the f~*king­ Forces. There you can have a gun and shoot at real­ people, trouble is they can shoot back.

    I hate rap and­ hip-hop, if only for the alleged cool of guns and­ drugs. You pathetic morons, do you not realise that the­ retards in that sort of music these days are rich­ beyond belief from singing misogynist $h!t about­ beeatches, limosines, drugs and $hagging? Idiots like­ Fiddy Cent, P Diddy and Kanye West are the biggest­ @r$eholes in existence

    From koshmar2005, on Sun 28 Mar 19:14
  13. all @#$% have guns

    From Lisa, on Sun 28 Mar 14:58
  14. Of course he should not wear such a provocative image.­ What is he thinking? He's just another jackass who­ thinks guns are cool. He should be ashamed to promote­ himself to people, especially the young and­ impressionable, in this way. A high profile figure like­ him must inspire positive messages to young people (to­ offset his ludicrous salary) and this display of gun­ chic is truly sickening not to mention worrying.­ Perhaps he's too dumb to realise this.

    From eddy, on Sun 28 Mar 11:19
  15. maybe arsenal fc promotes guns too.......... Can the­ sun and the so call on-looker or mind reader accuse­ arsenal of promoting guns all year round? go on to­ criticise Ade while you promote drug addicts and sex­ sirens in the name of celebrity world. shameless nuts

    From chukwuemeka, on Sun 28 Mar 11:08
  16. You lot sure it wasn't a cannon? for the Arsenal.

    From ian.thorneycroft, on Sun 28 Mar 10:54
  17. What's wrong with you people!? Are you trying to­ predict what goes on in Adebayor's head? He could­ be wearing the T-shirt for any number of reasons. It­ doesn't mean he endorses guns violence. He could­ even be wearing such a T-shirt to promote some sort of­ anti-gun message...we don't know. Or more than­ likely, he could have been wearing that T-shirt simply­ because that's the general culture which surrounds­ 50 Cent music. Any "on-looker" who's at a­ 50 Cent gig must endorse gun culture themselves! So I­ have no idea how this "on-looker" can be­ complaining!

    From Eskimo2, on Sun 28 Mar 6:41
  18. bevan...u r just a dumb @#$% if u think u can back up­ dis article
    hey... woteva the young man wants to wear­ he is free. as i type dis
    comment i wear a shirt with­ a ( CONFIRMED SKULL n BONE ) wot
    do u have to say about­ dat....no issues man

    From LC, on Sun 28 Mar 6:36
  19. Let him wear what he wants. What if he is reminding­ people of the dangers of the gun especially after­ surviving from gunshots? Who is fit to criticise what­ other people wear.....I find it very peurile!

    From justpolitics, on Sun 28 Mar 6:14
  20. Dumbest article I have ever read. So what if he decided­ to sport a T with a gun on it? Find something better to­ write about as this is pathetic.

    From Harry, on Sun 28 Mar 5:47
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