Arsenal signed me to replace Thierry Henry – then Arsene Wenger forced me out
Emmanuel Adebayor has opened up about his departure from Arsenal and revealed
Arsene Wenger banished him เล่น UFABET ผ่านมือถือ สะดวกทุกที่ ทุกเวลา from the training ground after deeming him surplus to requirements.
The former Togo international looke set for a glittering career in north London having signe from. Monaco and initially shown the potential to be able to fill the boots of Thierry Henry.
Adebayor ended the 2007/08 season with 30 goals in all competitions as Arsenal only narrowly misse out on the. Premier League title and were moments away from reaching the last four of the Champions League.
However, a bitter contract wrangle ensued the next summer as several top European clubs courte Adebayor.
And although he ultimately signe a new deal on improve wages, his relationship with. Wenger never recovere and the forward was let go the following summer. Ultimately joining Premier League rivals Manchester City.
Reflecting back on his acrimonious departure, Adebayor admitte he was taken aback by. Wenger’s ‘harsh’ decision to banish him from the first team at such short notice.
‘I had a great season in 2008, I had everyone calling me, he said in an interview with.
‘Milan, when Milan was great with Kaka, Gattuso, Maldini and Shevchenko, but. I said I wasn’t going, I’m staying with Arsenal.
‘I went on holiday but when I came back to the club I had a meeting with the boss, and he said ‘I don’t need you any more.’ And I was like ‘wow’, what am I going to do?
I wanted a chance to fight for my place and he said no. He said if I stayed I’d not be in the squad for the league, not in the squad for the Champions League or the cup. thought, ‘ok, this is harsh’.
I decide to try and give it a chance to force my way back in, but. Came back the next day to the training ground and they blocke the gate.
I wasn’t allowed to enter the Arsenal training ground facility and that’s when I realised it was over.
Having left Arsenal with a point to prove, Adebayor took great pleasure in scoring against the Gunners when they faced City at the Etihad Stadium just four games after his switch.
And the striker further enraged Arsenal fans after the goal when he ran the length of the pitch to celebrate in front of the away fans, an act which earned him a £25,000 fine and a two-match suspended ban from the Football Association.
Reflecting back on the celebration, Adebayor insisted that he had no regrets and said it was merely a reaction to the abuse hurled at him by Arsenal fans prior and during the match.
‘When we get to the stadium…we’re walking across the pitch, Arsenal fans are already at the stadium singing that famous song, ‘Adebayor, Adebayor, give him the ball and he will score’ but this time around I realise the song is different but I couldn’t hear what they were saying properly,’ he said.