Aston Villa want Adebayor
I speculated on April 21st about a deal involving Emmanuel Adebayor going to Aston Villa and Christian Benteke moving to Tottenham. You can read it here.
This surrounded two separate speculative stories in different newspapers. I have neither heard nor seen anything to suggest Tottenham will try to sign Benteke but I have heard that Emmanuel Adebayor to Aston Villa is a distinct possibility.
The word is that Tim Sherwood, who recalled him and got him scoring for Spurs, wants to take him to Aston Villa and that Adebayor is keen to join him again. Of course Adebayor's desire to move comes second to his wages. Villa certainly won't be able to offer him the wages he is on at Spurs but he is 31 now and his earning power is diminishing.
Tottenham are looking to get £5 million for him but any move will be all about Aston Villa and Adebayor agreeing a wage. The FA Cup finalists have been in negotiations with his representatives, the Eden Sports Group, so even though Villa were in a relegation fight Ade still wants a move there. He of course refused loan moves to teams in the bottom half of the table despite being told he wouldn't be loaned out to a team in the top half.
His response to that was to try and engineer a move to West Ham who were not far below us in January. he tried to force Daniel Levy's hand and failed, now he knows that he will not be in match day squads at Spurs who have got tough with him. Mauricio Pochettino, with the full backing of Daniel Levy, has left him on the sidelines for most of the season.
Spurs fans will be hoping a deal can be reached, personally I just can't see it, I can't see Villa being willing to pay him enough wages and I certainly don't see Adebayor dropping his wage demands to a level they would be comfortable with.
This surrounded two separate speculative stories in different newspapers. I have neither heard nor seen anything to suggest Tottenham will try to sign Benteke but I have heard that Emmanuel Adebayor to Aston Villa is a distinct possibility.
The word is that Tim Sherwood, who recalled him and got him scoring for Spurs, wants to take him to Aston Villa and that Adebayor is keen to join him again. Of course Adebayor's desire to move comes second to his wages. Villa certainly won't be able to offer him the wages he is on at Spurs but he is 31 now and his earning power is diminishing.
Tottenham are looking to get £5 million for him but any move will be all about Aston Villa and Adebayor agreeing a wage. The FA Cup finalists have been in negotiations with his representatives, the Eden Sports Group, so even though Villa were in a relegation fight Ade still wants a move there. He of course refused loan moves to teams in the bottom half of the table despite being told he wouldn't be loaned out to a team in the top half.
His response to that was to try and engineer a move to West Ham who were not far below us in January. he tried to force Daniel Levy's hand and failed, now he knows that he will not be in match day squads at Spurs who have got tough with him. Mauricio Pochettino, with the full backing of Daniel Levy, has left him on the sidelines for most of the season.
Spurs fans will be hoping a deal can be reached, personally I just can't see it, I can't see Villa being willing to pay him enough wages and I certainly don't see Adebayor dropping his wage demands to a level they would be comfortable with.
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