Manchester City striker
Emmanuel Adebayor has announced
his retirement from international football, reports the
Manchester Evening News.
Adebayor has made the decision in the wake of the attack on the
Togo team during this year's African Nations Cup, in which three
people were killed.
A statement from the 26-year-old on the club’s official
website read: “Following the tragic events during January's
African Cup of Nations, in which two of my fellow countrymen were
killed by terrorists in Angola, I have made the very difficult
decision to retire from international football.
“I have weighed up my feelings in the weeks and months since the
attack and I am still haunted by the events which I witnessed on
that horrible afternoon on the Togo team bus.
“We were just footballers going to play a football match and
represent our country, yet we were attacked by people who wanted to
kill us all.
“It is a moment I will never forget and one I never want to
experience again.”
