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Now Barca Tempt Adebayor

Sun 29 Jun, 10:09 AM


Emmanuel Adebayor has cast further doubt on his Arsenal future after revealing his interest in a move to Barcelona.

AC Milan are also pursuing the striker, who has given conflicting statements about his immediate future over recent days.

On Friday he insisted he would be staying with the Gunners before minutes later hinting he would push for a move to the San Siro in showdown talks with manager Arsene Wenger next week.

Yesterday, however, Wenger insisted he would not be meeting Adebayor - who scored 30 goals last season - having already held talks with him.

Now the 24-year-old has further muddied the waters by revealing Barca's interest which he would favour if the north London club do not meet his demands for a pay rise to a reported £120,000 a week

He told the News of the World: "Milan are a big club but the fact they are not playing in the Champions League next season is less of a challenge.

"Barcelona have made a good financial offer and there is also the chance to play alongside great players.

"Yes, I am still under contract to Arsenal but it's up to the directors to satisfy my demands or I'll leave.

"If my good form of last season has increased my value, my employers have to take account of that.

"I have to prepare for my retirement. Even if you are not scoring fine goals and you have money, you can enjoy a happy retirement.

"The time for preparing for that moment is now."

The former Monaco striker also believes he should be given parity with ex-team-mate Thierry Henry.

"People ask if I am asking for the same salary as Henry. That is not necessarily the question.

"But I am being considered a worthy replacement for Henry while not deserving his salary.

"The question lies on this level."

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  1. henry is a class, one of the kind .a legend, a winner.all time arsenal great and he will stay in history books . and adebayor should clean his boots ha .,,,,,
    let him go he didn t win nothing for us . from morocco who cares about arsenal.

    From mustaphachemaou, on Mon 30 Jun 12:41PM

  2. henry is a class, one of the kind .a legend, a winner.all time arsenal great and he will stay in history books . and adebayor should clean his boots ha .,,,,,
    let him go he didn t win nothing for us . from morocco who cares about arsenal.

    From mustaphachemaou, on Mon 30 Jun 12:39PM

  3. i think he will regret like anelka....
    one day he will regretthat he made a biggest mistake in his life......
    anyway go to hell with him....
    chasing money only.......
    loser infront of goal.....

    From kiLl Me g.NiGht, on Mon 30 Jun 12:30PM

  4. In my own candid opinion i think Adebayor should be allowed to go. Pride usually goes before a fall. He will never be missed. Henry remain a legend for Arsenal and so no yardstick for comparism at all with Ade. Arsene, get the money, Hell you go Ade. Gunner for life. Semiu, Dublin.

    From sababayode, on Mon 30 Jun 12:16PM

  5. Just to put this in perspective: decent wage in Ade's homeland of Togo is about 4000 CFA Francs per week (or £4.83 - that's right, £4.83) and I would imagine that he is currently earning around £20-£25k at Arsenal, so only about 5,000 times more than he could expect at home (or about 35 times the average UK salary)! And people say footballers are greedy?!?!

    I know, I know, market forces and all that, but if Ade is worried about his retirement, I would have thought that he could go back home and live like a king already, or stay in Europe and live quite comfortably on what he will have earnt in the next 6 or 8 years even if he never gets another pay rise again.

    And what is all this 'good offer' stuff about? Surely unless Arsenal have given permission for Barca or AC to talk to Ade, any 'offer' made should be considered tapping-up and be reported to FIFA? And with 3 years on his contract and Arsene Wenger stating that he expects to see him back in training, that permission seems unlikely to have been given.

    I just hope that Ade realises that this is Arsenal, not Chelsea, and if he thinks he can make outrageous salary demands and get them he is sadly mistaken. In the meantime, he's not making many friends....

    From Paul, on Mon 30 Jun 10:48AM

  6. ade is a freaking henry wannabe..off u go!!

    From fiq_smartyzboyz89, on Mon 30 Jun 2:53AM

  7. Hahaha, Adebayor is a joke! He seems to have learned a lot from Ronaldo.
    He scored some goals, missed lot more...and all of a sudden he thinks he is irreplaceable, joke!

    He never was a first choice striker anyways, he had a lot of luck to be where he is now.
    Fu**ing *rick! Lets see how much goals youll score without good players feeding you the ball...

    Gunner for life!

    From NothingMan, on Mon 30 Jun 2:48AM

  8. ade is twice the player henry is. henry can do well in england bc the english suck at soccer. torres even said they have the worst players on defense. henry couldn't do it at juve and neither can he at barca. speed no skill is what he has. never played at good game for France either.

    From Adnan, on Mon 30 Jun 12:56AM

  9. pleeese let hime go arsene. im sure you can spend the money on better players than him.
    villa and silva plus marchena and senna to sure up the back 4

    From a.foster374@..., on Sun 29 Jun 10:48PM

  10. the cheeky son of a b***h how can he put himself on the same par as henry!!! in one mouthfull he said its not about the money then it is!! henry was a legend for us but he worked damn hard to get there. i have totally changed my opinion's on this lanky streak of p*ss now, wenger.. let him go!!

    From paul c, on Sun 29 Jun 10:04PM

  11. go to barca :D pliiz and let's have RVP and walcott in atack :D... nasri diaby fabregas and rosicky in midfield and pliiiz buy a quality centre back and i'll be the happiest person in the world... if adebayour is a world class player he would've put 50+ in the back of the net after the chances he had last season... go to barca ( AND YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO REPLACE HENRY) cesc rullz ;)

    From First L, on Sun 29 Jun 8:44PM

  12. Go...for the sake of everyone... go.!! You don't see any Arsenal Fans beggin you to stay.!! Ok you have potential but YOUR NOT Henry or Ian Wright!!! Bye..

    From ens65, on Sun 29 Jun 7:33PM

  13. I say let him go, yeah he had a good season but really if he was any where near henrys class he would of scored at least 10 more , yeah he scored 30 goals but he also missed 30 open goals and in those big games when you need him to score he didnt, 6 goals where against derby the worst team in premier league history, if he wants to sit on bench at barcelona let him! if we are going to sell him we shud swap him back for henry if anything

    From david, on Sun 29 Jun 5:27PM

  14. WOULD RATHER FINISH MID TABLE THAN PAY HIS DEMANDS, ONE SEASON AND HE THINKS HES GOD GO ON SOD OFF TO SPAIN

    From douglasallen636@..., on Sun 29 Jun 4:31PM

  15. @#$% off to barca!!!!!! we will get 35 mill anyways which is better then adebayor

    From stefan.agius, on Sun 29 Jun 3:47PM

  16. go to hell my braa 200% greedy

    From innocent dhliwayo, on Sun 29 Jun 2:59PM

  17. 99% are greedy

    From mickyboy, on Sun 29 Jun 12:00PM

  18. If he wants to leave let him go. We do not need players who are not 100% for the team and who are only in it for the money. If he thinks that he should receive the same wage as Henry did then he is deluded, he is not in the same class!

    From andrew p, on Sun 29 Jun 10:59AM

  19. greedy sod let him go

    From BERNARD, on Sun 29 Jun 10:45AM
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