Wenger: I want Adebayor to stay

omgukilledkenny SG

Emmanuel Adebayor has expressed his hurt after being targeted by sections of the Arsenal crowd this season and has claimed that he was an unwitting participant in the summer speculation that so angered some supporters.

Adebayor was booed at the start of the season after being the subject of interest from Milan and Barcelona and having failed to replicate his 30-goal haul from last year, frustration has been evident amongst the home support.

The Togo striker, despite professing otherwise, did little to help his cause when threatening to leave the club before the start of the campaign in an interview with a tabloid newspaper and was recently quoted again as claiming that he has been in contact with Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani.

But Adebayor claims he is blameless in the saga and has questioned why he has been singled out for criticism by some disgruntled supporters.

“It was not nice playing at home getting booed by my own fans,” said Adebayor in The Sun. “I didn’t know what to do any more.

“If Porto, for example, wants Adebayor, it is not Adebayor’s fault. Why boo me?”

Adebayor has once again been linked with a move to Milan while Inter and Chelsea are also believed to be interested in the Togo international whose future remains the subject of some doubt.

the Bear SG

because he's a lousy striker?

Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1) SG

Becoz they racist against u as a black people lor

zocoss SG

Emmanuel Adebayor puts Arsenal ahead (Pic: AFP/Getty)

Milan president Silvio Berlusconi has claimed there is a "good chance" his club will sign Arsenal forward Emmanuel Adebayor this summer.

And the Italian prime minister suggested Dutch legend Marco Van Basten will replace Chelsea-bound Carlo Ancelotti as coach next season.

Adebayor nearly moved to Italy last summer before agreeing a new contract at the Emirates. But his performances this season suggest he should have gone - and now the Serie A giants are willing to give the Togo striker a second chance.

"There is a good chance that we can get Adebayor," Berlusconi claimed.

Van Basten played for Milan between 1987-93 and the 44-year-old former Holland boss is now out of work after resigning as Ajax coach earlier this month after failing to qualify for the Champions League.

With Ancelotti expected to confirm his appointment at Stamford Bridge imminently, Berlusconi added: "Ancelotti is one of the family, but if he doesn't stay, we'll hire a young and emerging trainer. For me, Marco is like a son. He is a piece of Milan's history."

omgukilledkenny SG

Last season Milan reportedly offered 30m pounds right?

...this season maybe 1/2 of it? Poor economy + Ade's dip in form.

limpper SG

i dont take adebayor as a world class striker

omgukilledkenny SG

Arsene Wenger has delivered his most unequivocal statement to date regarding the future of Emmanuel Adebayor with his revelation that he is out to persuade the Togo striker to remain at Arsenal.

Noises coming out of the club, the player and his representatives in recent weeks have seemed to suggest that Adebayor's long-time flirtation with a move elsewhere could come to fruition this summer.

Milan president Silvio Berlusconi claimed that there was a ‘good chance’ the club would sign Adebayor and Wenger has previously hinted that he would be willing to sell.

However, the Frenchman, who has been forced to clear up his own future this week, now seems to have changed tact somewhat.

"At the moment his future is at the club,” said Wenger at his pre-match press conference. “He has a long contract and we want to keep him at the club. I am hopeful I will be able to keep him.

“My gut feeling is he will be here [next season]. But I believe that, considering transfers and the money available, the less you talk the better it is.

“Let other people talk and do what you want. I believe the more everybody shuts up inside the club and doesn’t talk about anything and works hard is the best.”