Football FanCast guest columnist Dale Clifton is sick of the whole Adebayor
affair and feels the player has reached the point of no return with Arsenal.
It is not often
that you choke on your cornflakes twice in any given week, but I had little
alternative, given the latest instalments of this Adebayor/Arsenal debacle.
First there was
the ludicrous self made comparison with Thierry Henry; which must have insulted
our legend greatly and secondly, the outpouring of emotion from his agent,
claiming that his client wasn't greedy and he just needed the club to show
their motivation to keep him - is he honestly for real?
I am sick and tired of the modern day footballer and the ridiculous high regard they hold themselves in. Unfortunately at Arsenal we have been on the end of a bad bunch of late and the sooner that the club writes them off the better. We don't need mercenaries, we don't want players who think they are bigger than the club and we certainly should never be held to ransom at any time.
It has all left a sour taste in my mouth and the sooner we sell the Togolese the better, in my opinion. AC Milan reportedly moved out of negotiations due to what was deemed an excessive fee, so the ball is now very much in Barcelona's court and see if they will agree to meet the required fee - are they having second thoughts?
I just wonder if today's comment by the player's agent is a sign that the door has been shut in his client's face. The fact that his agent has come out and claimed that Ade isn't greedy and just wants appreciation is showing early signs of an embarrassing climb down from a player, who only talked last week about his desire to move. Adebayor will clearly find himself between a rock and a hard place if Barca were to look elsewhere and l wonder how fans will feel if the player was to step out on the opening day of the season.
Ade and Hleb have already gone pass the point of no return in my eyes, but am I the only gunner who shares that view?