Adebayor

Togo international Emmanuel Adebayor enjoyed a 22-year professional career, turning out for Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham and Crystal Palace in the ...

And it is why I have not said anything about racism the past few weeks. “My father worked in currency exchange and my mother is a businesswoman. Adebayor revealed later that he did not want to leave Arsenal – and felt the club had been swayed by the money on offer. I told him I wanted to stay. I didn’t have a voice to go against thousands of supporters." The celebration did not go down well, with Adebayor punished by the FA. “Thank you to my fans for being there every step of the way. “SEA, from the highs to the lows, my career as a professional athlete has been an incredible journey,” he wrote on “Wenger put me where I am today but he cannot stand up and say last summer I told him I wanted to leave. That record places him 35th on the list of the league’s all-time top scorers, between Tottenham forward Son Heung-min and Nigerian striker Yakubu. Adebayor enjoyed a 22-year professional career, which saw him play in France, England, Spain, Turkey, Paraguay and his native Togo. I think they need the money and need to sell someone.

HIT-AND-MISS striker Emmanuel Adebayor – the forward who struggled to make the most of his attacking ability – has announced he is retiring from football at the ...

He played two games in the Paraguayan league for Olimpia as demands for his services continued to drop. Adebayor’s time up front for Arsenal marked a frustrating late-Wenger period for Arsenal, during which he had the unenviable task of trying to match Thierry Henry’s heroics in red and white. He released a strange retirement video on Instagram in which he sits at a desk apparently contemplating his career.

Former Arsenal and Manchester City star Emmanuel Adebayor has called time on his playing career, aged 39.

Even today when I watch them play I want them to win but at the same time I want them to lose because the anger in me is too big.’ ‘I was like ‘I’m going to stay.’ He was like ‘no there is not even a fight organised. I have to move on in my life,’ Adebayor told TRT World back in 2018. ‘Thank you to my fans for being there every step of the way. [check our sport page](https://metro.co.uk/sport/). [Privacy Policy](https://metro.co.uk/privacypolicy/)

Former Premier League striker Emmanuel Adebayor has revealed he is hanging up his boots after a 22-year career which included spells at Arsenal, Tottenham, ...

He also stamped on former Gunners teammate Robin van Persie in the same clash in which he scored against them, earning a suspension. Among his many controversial moments, Adebayor had an altercation on the pitch while at Arsenal with teammate Nicklas Bendtner in a 5-1 League Cup defeat to arch rivals Tottenham back in 2008. He went on to secure a £25m move to newly-rich Manchester City in 2009. Adebayor managed to secure a huge six-month loan move to Real Madrid in January 2011, scoring eight goals. The striker impressed for Arsene Wenger's side in his three-and-a-half season long spell. "Thank you to my fans for being there every step of the way.