Ade - Arsenal needed the money

Togo ace denies ever asking for a transfer

Emmanuel Adebayor claims Arsenal sold him to Manchester City because they needed the money.

The Togo international completed his £25million move to City last weekend after signing a five-year contract.

Adebayor admits it was a difficult decision leaving Arsenal, but ultimately opted for a new challenge.

The 25-year-old has denied ever asking for a transfer, stating last summer when he was heavily linked with a move to AC Milan that he told manager Arsene Wenger that he wanted to stay.

Adebayor claims it was Wenger's decision to accept City's bid, although he has denied the relationship between the pair has now been fractured.

"When I came back from holiday, I landed on July 13 and my agent told me I was going to speak with the club," he told The Sun.

"When I did he told me they had come to an agreement with another club.

source : http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11661_5450789,00.html

another joking news!

Will We Missed Adebayor?
Yes, I will definitely miss him next season. Why? As a striker, he is responsible to score goals for his club. He done that last 2 seasons with 30 goals but not last season. We can eventually see the difference between the 08/09 squad and the 07/08 squad. What is it? A reliable DM. Arsenal performed well when they have Flamini with them. With him, he offered stability in the team.The so called 'back four' defenders can relax and concentrate more in the game plus creative midfielders like Cesc will have space to provide chances. We often compare Adebayor with Henry. Well I would not say Henry is 1 chance 1 goal type of player but maybe a 1.5/2 chances 1 goal player. While Adebayor obviously had to waste a number of chances before getting into the score sheet. Everybody had been talking about Klass Jan Huntelaar since Adebayor left. Do we need him actually? No is my answer. Klass is like Eduardo and Vela type of player where we consider them as poacher in front of the goal. Why do we need him since we got 2 players who is similar.

What Adebayor offered us during his time in AFC? He distracted defenders with his height and his pace, so that other attacking players have more space to do their job. Among the strikers, I would say Adebayor have a good finishing beside Eduardo while Vela is good but still growing. If AW going to get a striker, I would hope that he will bring a sharp shooter player or a player like Adebayor who is able to distract the defender. We are obviously lack of sharp shooter with only Cesc, Arshavin, Nasri and Robin. How good they are actually? Nasri and Cesc are good in long shooting if only if they have the chance and space to shoot. Example? Do we see the same Cesc during 07/08 season last season? Robin missed almost every chances last season while Arshavin proved to be a real bargain player with his price tag.

Let me summarize my words,
A reliable DM like Flamini.
A sharp shooter if AW is getting a striker.

Most of us are confident that with Eduardo and Rosicky are back and we can allow youngster like Nicklas, Vela and Walcott more to learn, Adebayor will not be missed but are they still as good before their injury and how long will it take for the youngster to surpass Adebayor's level? This is still a question mark.

I am not saying that 25M for Adebayor is a bad business but the team will miss him next season I am pretty sure.

well,

we have another rumours again.

Fiorentina keen to sign versatile Arsenal player

Fiorentina president Andrea Della Valle has expressed a desire to sign Emmanuel Eboue from Arsenal.

The Ivory Coast international emerged as a transfer target for Fiorentina earlier in the summer when the Gunners were keen to take Felipe Melo in the opposite direction.

A swap deal involving the two players was proposed by Viola but ultimately failed to materialise, with Melo securing a move to Juventus.

Fiorentina have now rekindled their interest in the 26-year-old, although Della Valle admits it will be difficult to prise him away from Emirates Stadium.

"Arsenal's Eboue is a really good player and it won't be easy to take him to Florence," he told the Italian press.

Eboue is contracted to Arsenal until 2010 and reports suggest Fiorentina would be willing to pay around €10million (£8.6m).

source : http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11670_5451862,00.html

here's another one that will get away from us...

http://soccernet.espn.go.com/news/story?id...ansfers&cc=4716

lorik cana on the verge of signing for Sunderland... WTF la sunderland hijack our targets... Chamakh... Cana... who else? hunterlaar? huhuhuhu

come on la AW.. get Cana.. u know u want him. he'll be the midfield enforcer we needed.

yeah,i agree wit u m8...even we have eduardo,rvp, bendtner but how if rvp and eduardo the most likely to injured?? bendtner alone?? i dont think he ready yet...

either aw will surprise us or he will again fail to meet our expectations this season...

Sunderland snapped up Lorik Cana for £5 million.

yeah,dat crazy....i dunno what he want to do in BPL wit sunderland??

Arsenal don't have £5 million meh?

we might be frustrated again this season with no experience player?...

Oh no...we miss out on a right player for us...right price too but mebbe AW have his sight on someone else..

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Source: http://goal.com/en/teams/england/94/arsenal-news

ah cana gone? =( arsene, he was so cheap too!!

why wenger? how cana choose other club..

tsk tsk tsk ... people, don't get sucked into the online forum hype of Lorik Cana. He's a player who looked good on youtube and only got attention on forums (i.e. people who are not truly involved in real-life football). If he was anywhere near top level why didn't other big clubs come knocking on Marseille's door if the price tag was so affordable?

If he makes it at Sunderland, then good for him and the club. If he doesn't make it, then it proves that our club's decision to not get him is justified. I would rather trust Arsene and his scouts rather than forum members who randomly throw names such as Veloso who has been linked with "big clubs" for umpteen years and yet still remains in Portugal.

I expect to see an avalanche of whines and criticisms in the next few days about "Arsene losing it" kind of shit comments due to Cana's move to Sunderland, and if Chamakh goes there as well "we're going into crisis" again.

I hope people will be sensible enough though... Have faith in the club instead of fabricated sensational hype.

And seriously, goal.com is one hell title twister. Ade's comments have been quite neutral to be honest, and yet goal.com makes it sound as if he's calling everyone to jump ship and expect City to beat us. Geesh... crap journalism will never improve, and it's these articles that destroy relationships between player and club/fan.

This post has been edited by StarGhazzer: Jul 25 2009, 09:59 AM

Maybe if Cana is good for sunderland, Wenger might buy him later...at least no need to wait for him to settle down! But sometimes if u r good for a club doesn't mean u r good for another club...take crespo, sheva and veron for example and u will see how this former world class players turned to a loser in premier league!

i think its true SG. i mean how many of us have actually seen cana play? i confess, the only time i saw him play was like 15 mins against some team i cant remember now.most of us like him coz of blogs and youtube vids. we shall see wats it like next season

I suppose Arsene just didn't rate him as a player. But what strikes me is that he was willing to take a punt on an over-the-hill Silvestre but not on an experienced international with combative qualities like Cana. And he paid the same amount for Ramsey.

Sigh... Arsene knows... Arsene knows... (Arsene please please make sure you know....)

The fact that Cana has ended up at Sunderland shows that he was never even a target for us to begin with. It was all paper talk.

Anyway

Gael Clichy

You only moved for the money



This post has been edited by sigheart: Jul 25 2009, 11:42 AM

fragging.... cana went to sunderland? ok i'm not waiting for the summer anymore, let the season begin. i always have trust in the young ones, i hope they trust in themselves and their teammates enough to go for the cups. and god, seriously, keep our players fit!