Manchester City to Offer Tottenham a Discounted Fee For Adebayor: Bloomberg

[Darrkespur]

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-...am-a-discounted-fee-for-adebayor-roundup.html

article in Bloomberg today suggesting that Man City will offer Adebayor to us for £10M in January to get him off their wage bill (presumably because financial fair play is soon approaching) Now, if this is true, will we be able to convince him to lose that 100k a week?

Cut-Price Adebayor
Manchester City will offer Tottenham the chance to sign on- loan striker Emmanuel Adebayor in January for less than the 14 million-pound ($22.4 million) option the London club had agreed to pay at the end of the season, the Sun reported.
City is still paying half of the player’s 170,000 pound a week salary and would accept a 10 million-pound bid in the next transfer window to get him off the wage bill, the newspaper said.
Juventus and Paris Saint-Germain are also interested in Adebayor, 27, who has hinted he may be ready to extend his stay at Spurs and take a pay cut, the Sun added.​

 

[nicdic]

If we can agree terms it would be quality.

 

[BillyWhizz]

I seem to remember reading during the summer that Ade would take a pay cut to join us although can't recall if these were direct quotes or not. Anyhow I hope we take the option up as then we can play him against City and that could be very interesting :think:

 

[spursgirls]

I saw that go across the screen on Bloomberg, but hadn't looked it up, so thanks Darrkespur. £100k a week is a lot to lose, but would he get it elsewhere, I wonder? That could be the decider I guess.

 

[Luka Van der Bale]

Too good to be true? This would be quality. I have always thought of this one along the lines that he is here for a year and then will go elsewhere. But would anyone pay him vastly more than we would? Hopefully not. Ade on a permanent transfer would be great.

 

[DJS]

ray:

 

[alex3]

please!!!!!!!!!!

 

[mattyspurs]

I just can't see him taking a massive drop in salary, i'd love to sign him, and I do wonder if Daniel Levy could sort something with a siging on bonus, goal bous etc, but I just think it would be too big a deal to pull off.

 

[tototoner]

not happy about this . loan was better

10M for him and Tevez I would be happy with

 

[nferno]

I think he'll go PSG, best possible chance for him to keep close to his current wage. I definitely wouldn't mind if he did the admirable thing by taking a pay cut to join us though.

 

[kishman]

not happy about this . loan was better

10M for him and Tevez I would be happy with

I would be over the moon if we Adebayor and Tevez in our team.

 

[hellava_tough]

I doubt we can afford his wages

Also, I'd like to reserve judgement on his overall performance until the end of the season. Currently he's going through a small goal drought. I'm sure he'll start scoring again, but we'll see...

 

[VegasII]

This isn't going to be like one of the coupons that says 'value 0.01p' is it?

 

[Dan Ashcroft]

Would be awesome - am really a big fan of Ade.

:hump:

 

[JimmyG2]

At 27 he has still got another big money move in him,
especially if he can go for £10 million.

 

[Dan Ashcroft]

I doubt we can afford his wages

Also, I'd like to reserve judgement on his overall performance until the end of the season. Currently he's going through a small goal drought. I'm sure he'll start scoring again, but we'll see...

But he finally gives our attack a focal point, aerial threat, hold-up play, power, penetration etc. that we've been lacking for years - so much on top of goals. It doesn't matter if he isn't scoring if he's enabling vdV and Bale.

 

[al_pacino]

I'm not sure permanent moves following a loan deal have the best record. you get too many playing for the move then relaxing when they get the five year deal.

 

[ajspurs]

But he finally gives our attack a focal point, aerial threat, hold-up play, power, penetration etc. that we've been lacking for years - so much on top of goals. It doesn't matter if he isn't scoring if he's enabling vdV and Bale.

Exactly this..

He's had a hand in a lot of the goals recently also. The pen against Newcastle, both against Blackburn (can't remember the 2nd specifically but remember the hold up play for the 1st to release Walker) and the first I think it was, against QPR, winning the header to flick it on to Lennon and then to Bale to score. They're just things that none of our other strikers would have done.

I'm excited for when he starts scoring again.

 

[Bales Left Peg]

As has been mentioned i can't really see Ade taking that much of a pay cut.
Would love him to sign thought, we look a real threat with him.

But the worry is that he "does a mido". Plays well while on loan and slims down but as soon as he signed, he joined the mcdonalds loyalty club, and gained a few stone.

 

[SpainSpur85]

If we decide to wait it out 'til the end of the season but Man. City want him off the wage bill in Jan, can they sell him from underneath us? Or do they have to wait to see if we offer the "14 million" quoted (and accept our bid even if others bid more)? It could get interesting.