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The wonderful and ever-loved ex-Arsenal icon Emmanuel Adebayor has finally caught on that MoneyBags Man City have decided to swap the agressive, over-rated and over-emotional idiot for, well, a younger agressive, over-rated and over-emotional idiot lol!

Mario Balotelli is expected to arrive at City in the very near future, and with Adebayor, Tevez, Robinho, Bellamy and Santa Cruz all fighting over the main striker role next season (and don’t forget the possible arrival of Eden Dzeko as well), the Togolese madman has finally realised that he is surplus to requirements at the Eastlands. .......Read the full article here

Robin Van Persie was made captain for his first start for the Gunners in five months, but he didn’t get many chances to score in a very scrappy game. It was recorded that there was six shots on target but it didn’t look like there were even that many!

The best highlight would be the standing ovation given by Arsenal fans to Patrick Vieira when he was substituted, which immediately switched to boos as his replacement was the reviled Emmanuel Adeayor. .......Read the full article here

There has been much talk about how the Arsenal fans will react to the visit of their old striker Emmanuel Adebayor this weekend, especially since his manic display in the first fixture at the Eastlands.

But Arsene Wenger is hoping that it will not get out of hand again, and he insists he bears no grudges against Adebayor for his previous conduct.

“I am stubborn, but not stupid – sometimes in the heat of the moment you can do things that are not right,” he said.

“It is not only Adebayor, but also Patrick Vieira and Kolo Toure – we will welcome them all back. .......Read the full article here

Emmanuel Adebayor was severely heckled by the small band of travelling Arsenal fans when they visited Man City earlier in the season, and their old striker became so wound up that he ended up getting a two match ban for his troubles.

But now he is back at the Emirates, he can expect an even more agressive reception from a whole stadium full of hostile antagonists.

Will he be able to handle it this time? Kolo Toure, who also left for Man City at the same time, says that he has told Adebayor to try and remain calm this time. .......Read the full article here

The Man City striker Emmanuel Adebayor is insisting that he never wanted to leave Arsenal, and claims that it was Arsene Wenger that made the decision for him, and he wants Wenger to admit it in public.

Adebayor said in an interview on Canal Plus (A French TV station): “It was because Arsene didn’t want me anymore. If Arsene has a big heart we can go on a TV show to have a debate and he will never say I told him I wanted to leave the club. .......Read the full article here

The Man City boss Mark Hughes is set to name a strong team to play the Arsenal youngsters in this weeks Carling Cup quarter-final match, and insists he will have no problem picking Emanuel Adebayor to face his old club again on Wednesday.

Arsene Wenger has already said that he will be making changes for this match, but the team is facing a third defeat in a row as Mark Hughes is going all out to win a trophy this season.

Adebayor was given a three match ban after the last meeting between the two clubs for nearly causing a riot, but Hughes doesn’t think that will affect him this time around. .......Read the full article here

The ex-Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor can’t stop talking about his old club. I thought after he acted like a twat in the match against Arsenal, and was banned, he would stop spouting his mouth off.

No chance! Now he reckons that Arsenal won’t get into the Champions League next season, and that Cesc Fabregas would be the first to leave if that happens.

He said: “I think players like Fabregas will look to leave if they are not in the Champions League, but my focus is all on City now. .......Read the full article here

The ex-Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor was let off with a fine for his over-zealous celebration after scoring for his new club, Man City, in front of the Arsenal fans.

The FA explained that the reason he was given a suspended ban was because they took into consideration the “extremely provocative nature of the abuse he received”, and the FA Chief Executive Ian Watmore went further and declared that the chants were “hostile and abusive” and should be stamped out.

“There are areas of chanting that go beyond what’s technically illegal, like racist or homophobic chanting, into what I think of as vile chanting. .......Read the full article here

Everybody has talked about Emanuel Adebayor leaving Arsenal for the newly-rich Man City and saying that he is a money-grabbing mercenary who would do anything for a few more quids in his pocket, but very few people accused Kolo Toure of doing the same.

Well now Toure has come out and admitted that he did it for the money

“All I know is that I can look at myself in the mirror and say I did the right thing [moving from Arsenal] because I deserve it,” he said. .......Read the full article here

The Man City striker Emanuel Adebayor is still maintaining his innocence over the stamp on Van Persie, despite accepting the charge of violent conduct from the FA.

He was asked if he had any regrets over the incident, and was quick to deny any fault on his side: “I am sorry Robin got hurt, but I can’t regret something I did not mean to do,” Adebayor said.

“Anybody who knows me knows I would not set out to hurt anybody and I would especially not mean to hurt an old team-mate. .......Read the full article here

The Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp has come out in favour of Emanuel Adebayor, saying that he was only reacting the the Arsenal “idiots and nutters” who were abusing there old player all the way through the match.

“I’ve got no time for people kicking anybody or being violent on the pitch and he was wrong to run the length of the field,” Redknapp said.

“But it’s very difficult when you’re getting abuse through the game like he was. It’s not celebrating a goal that cause riots, it’s idiots who want to start riots.
“What did Adebayor do, really? If I had been standing there and we had been giving him grief all game, I would probably say: ‘Fair play.’ .......Read the full article here

The Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has revealed that he was shocked by the attitude of Emanuel Adebayor towards his old team last weekend, but thinks that he will grow to realise how much the club actually did for him in the future.

Wenger bought Adebayor from Monaco for just £4m in 2006 after he had scored just 18 goals in 79 appearances for the French club, and turned him into one of the most sought-after strikers in Europe, and he just cannot understand why his protege has turned against the club that has done so much for him. .......Read the full article here