Adebayor Is Sort of Confused

I think Emmanuel Adebayor is having a quarter-life crisis. Every time he speaks to the press, he completely contradicts what he said in the previous interview. When speaking to the press today, Adebayor had this to say:

“I love Arsene Wenger, and I will always keep that love for Arsene – he is the person who made me what I am today”

This quote comes months after Adebayor told the press that he left because Wenger basically forced him out. He’s also told the press that he left because, “the fans hated” him. I’m not completely sure Adebayor gets it. He scored 30 goals in all competitions for Arsenal in the 2007/2008 competition and demanded a pay increase. Clubs like AC Milan came in for him but  Arsenal gave him a raise and he stayed. He openly told the media that he expected to get a hike in wages because of his efforts, and that if his demands weren’t met, he’d look elsewhere for employment.

Adebayor burning bridges, one stomp at at time.

In terms of loyalty to a club and manager that showed so much faith in him, there ins’t much to speak about. He wonders why the fans “hated” him. He asked Arsenal to quadruple his wages in order to keep him. Now he’s on roughly $250,000 a week at Manchester City and has already been involved in an incident that saw him suspended for a number of games. If he doesn’t want City’s fans to start “hating” him, then I suggest he just keep his mouth shut and start doing what he’s paid a quarter of a million dollars a week to do: score goals.

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