Milan have been said to have targeted one of Emmanuel Adebayor
or Didier Drogba to ease their woes going forward for next season,
with the Togolese hit-man quite possibly being a preferred option
as he is six years younger than the Chelsea striker.
However, Adebayor has refused and refused again to leave Arsene
Wenger's Arsenal and Milan look to be closing in on a
still-unsettled Drogba at Stamford Bridge.
Adebayor, meanwhile, is now getting back to focussing on next
season. The powerful forward enjoyed a breakthrough season in
2007/08, being joint second highest scorer in the Premier League
and netting 30 goals in all competitions. Had it not been for
Cristiano Ronaldo's other-worldly season, it could well have been
Adebayor drawing many of the plaudits and awards this year.
What also worked against Ade is hsi team's failings at the business
end of the season. They got off to a quite breathtaking start, only
to trail off and knock themselves out of all competitions,
emphatically and embarrassingly at that.
It was another trophyless season at the Emirates but there were
several positives to draw from the first year without the
talismanic Thierry Henry. Adebayor, along with the rest of his
team-mates, is looking forward to next season and hoping he can
scale the audacious 40-goal heights Cristiano Ronaldo did this
season.
"I scored 30 goals last season and I can get 40 next time," he
declared. "I am happy and I love scoring.
"We want to do well after last time. We will do everything to win
things next season. In our heads we want to win."
