I said this before but when you hear ex-footballers moan and groan it really irritates me. Why do footballers get criticised when they look for the best money deal about? Their careers in the majority are short as only a select few go on to coaching at any type of professional level.Last season, Adebayor was interested in a move to Real from a cash point of view but decided to stay with the Gunners for another season. The Arsenal faithful moan about his work rate and overall contribution but surely have to observe that Adebayor on form has pushed Arsenal on in the striking department.
Along come rich boys Manchester City bidding on any European player even hinting at looking for a new club, however seemingly in this case Mark Hughes has really started the ball rolling with going to Wenger about Adebayor.
Now Adebayor has allegedly been offered to Manchester United. From a relatively unknown source, I have been told that Alex Ferguson has one more signing up his sleeve and that the deal has been done already for around £11m. We shall see, but some of the rumours are that Adebayor is stalling because he wants to play in a more established team.
Good luck to Manchester City. Before any fans criticise them, they should think about the big clubs who created the gap between them and the small clubs. Then of course there's Chelsea, who have gone through being hated but are now perceived as a genuine big club.
So who is Fergie going to sign because his claim that he has finished in the market was surely a bit of politics either to get his target's price down and/or to show confidence in his existing squad?
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