Submitted by tribalfootball.com
on Sun, 07/29/2012 - 07:51
Manchester City may be forced to
hand Emmanuel Adebayor a free
transfer.
The Sunday Mirror says City are
furious that, after agreeing a cut-
price £6m deal with Tottenham
for a player they valued at £12m,
the move is collapsing over
personal terms.
City were desperate to save
Adebayor’s £170,000-a-week
wages – and remove a major
obstacle stopping them making a
£20m raid for Arsenal’s Robin
van Persie.
A City insider said: “It was felt
there was two ways to handle
Adebayor. Either we could ask for
a fee in excess of £10m knowing
we would have to spend perhaps
half of that compensating the
player for lost earnings.
“Or, by asking £6m, the buying
club would be able to offer
wages acceptable to Adebayor.
“Tottenham knew that was our
intention. Now they want us to
accept the lower fee and pay
Adebayor off.
“Basically they want a player who
scored the goals that took them
to fourth place in the Premier
League last season for nothing.”