Harry Redknapp has made a sensational bid to land Manchester
City striker Emmanuel Adebayor.
Mirror Sport understands talks have taken place at the highest
level with Spurs chairman Daniel Levy prepared to sanction a loan
deal and payment of nearly half the 26-year-old’s £170,000-a-week
salary.
Adebayor fears that once £26million striker Mario Balotelli is
fit the Italy striker will play ahead of him.
The outspoken former Arsenal marksman has already made it clear
that he will leave Eastlands if he is not a regular in the first
team this season.
City keeper Shay Given is already thought to be close to a move
to Fulham today after being placed in a similar position by the
elevation of Joe Hart to first-choice keeper.
Adebayor is unhappy at having played in only three of City’s
five games so far.
Although he started the club’s Europa League play-off game away
to FC Poli, he came on for just eight minutes of City’s opening
Premier League game against Spurs.
He was also a substitute for City’s defeat at Sunderland on
Sunday, coming on in the final 15 minutes.
Adebayor, who wants to stay in the Premier League, hit a
respectable 14 goals in 28 appearances for City last season - even
though the campaign was marred by suspension and the terrorist
shootings at the Africa Cup of Nations.
It is understood the Togo striker would have no compunction
about playing for Spurs - despite spending three years at the
club’s rivals Arsenal - as long as he is able to gain regular
first-team football.
Spurs boss Redknapp has already shown, with his signing of
defender William Gallas, that he has no problem bringing in players
across the north London divide.
Redknapp has been linked with moves for Sevilla striker Luis
Fabiano, Villareal forward Giuseppi Rossi and AC Milan hitman Klaas
Jan Huntelaar.
But he is a massive fan of Adebayor and Spurs have been pushing
City hard for a deal.
