<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Italian club AC Milan say Arsenal's valuation of Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor is too high and have ruled themselves out of signing the player. The 24-year-old had been named as Milan's main target for next season. AC Milan vice-president Adriano Galliani said: "The request for £35.8m by Arsenal is an impossible request." On Friday Adebayor had appeared to send out mixed messages when he went back on an initial claim that he was staying in England with Arsenal. The BBC's African Footballer of the Year said: "The most important thing for me is to keep on enjoying my football. I'm staying at Arsenal." But later he then added: "We will have to meet with the manager [Arsene Wenger] before anything can be decided. "But, as you know better than anyone, a lot of teams want me to play for them." Adebayor, who scored 30 goals for Arsenal last season, has been a target for Spanish side Barcelona as well as AC Milan. The Togo international added: "I'm just going to sit down with my agent and with my family and decide what is good for my career." Should talks ever take place over a move, the former Monaco forward insisted money would not be a factor. "When I was young I had a dream to be a good footballer and play for a big team," said Adebayor, who was in Vienna with his sponsors. "I was born in Togo so I never cared about playing for money, my happiness was to play to enjoy myself. That's what I've been doing until now. "You can see people changing clubs because of money, because they want a change of atmosphere or to get their names in the big leagues. I just play football to enjoy myself. I play because I love it." One Arsenal player who has already made the move to AC Milan is Mathieu Flamini. The French midfielder joined the 2007 Champions League winners this summer after his contract with the Gunners came to an end. Arsenal boss Wenger, who had been in Austria for Euro 2008, had wanted to keep his countryman at the Emirates Stadium, but Flamini felt it was in his best interests to leave. Adebayor thinks that Flamini, who impressed as a holding midfielder last season, will be missed. "He was one of Arsenal's biggest players," Adebayor said. "He's a good man, a good character and a good footballer. "But he's made his decision and he's very happy to have signed for Milan. He has all the qualities to become a bigger player than he was at Arsenal." Still, Adebayor believes Arsenal will thrive without Flamini and hailed the team spirit in the camp. "Everyone is between 21 and 26-years-old, we are all the same generation," he said. "We all have the same ideas, we go out together after games to restaurants. "We all have the same ideas and we all want to achieve something. We have a good boss which is Arsene Wenger. He tries to bring this atmosphere to the dressing room where we feel like brothers and like family. "Those are the reasons that give us a chance to play the football we play. We play good football, now we look forward to winning trophies."</div> [Source] I'm sure that this is not the end of this. (That is hard to understand, eh?)
Arsenal is putting themselves in a very bad position here. Now Adebayor is looking to get paid. He can point at his valuation by his own team why he should be among the highest paid players in all of football. -Petey
Wenger won't let one player fuck up everything he has made. Adebayor is in no way a cornerstone of Arsenal's dominance. Hmm, that was profound - You can quote me on that if you want.
well he still is a future hitman and with eduardo not going to get back till later he is the best you got
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (man_u_barmy_army @ Jul 3 2008, 12:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>well he still is a future hitman and with eduardo not going to get back till later he is the best you got</div> Not strictly true. Eduardo could be back to full training by the end of this month. So you never know maybe back to fitness by august?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Max @ Jul 8 2008, 06:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (man_u_barmy_army @ Jul 3 2008, 12:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>well he still is a future hitman and with eduardo not going to get back till later he is the best you got</div> Not strictly true. Eduardo could be back to full training by the end of this month. So you never know maybe back to fitness by august? </div> I doubt it MAX, I think wenger will not rush eduardo into action too soon, just look what happened to Van persie for rushing him back too soon last season. I expect eduardo back by October or Nov.
