Adebayor's first name is Samuel. According to Caf

There is something in journalism and blogging called typographical errors. But some are quite beyond reproach.

If you take a second to see the website of the Confederation of African Football, it says that former Arsenal striker and now Manchester City man Adebayor is called 'Samuel'.

Just scroll to the bottom right part where you can see the opinion poll.

From what I know (and apparently, FIFA agrees with me) the lad is called Emmanuel, not Samuel. Shame on them!

And the even the question for the poll is quite silly: 'Who is currently the best player at the moment?' Too vague.

Africa...would the bigwigs ever learn that attention to detail counts for something?

More Adebayor reactions...

The English FA has spoken:

"Under the fast-track disciplinary process, Adebayor has been charged with violent conduct following an incident with Robin van Persie, which resulted in the Arsenal player receiving facial injuries," the FA said.

"Adebayor has also been charged with improper conduct following his actions when turning and running the full length of the pitch to celebrate in front of the Arsenal supporters after scoring."

Adebayor has until 6pm on Wednesday to respond to the violent conduct charge, which carries an automatic three-match suspension.

The forward, who has scored in all four of unbeaten City's Premier League matches this season, has until September 30 to respond to the improper conduct charge, the City website said.


So here are the offences and reactions...



And then...

Ade...

Emmanuel Adebayor is set to miss derby day after his poor behaviour in City’s victory over Arsenal. The FA are set to fast track the disciplinary for the in-form striker but it’s not entirely clear which incident they will be punishing. His celebration is worthy of at least a fine, although Greater Manchester Police have got involved and condemned Adebayor, which might mean he faces a ban. Then there was the kicking of Robin van Persie’s face, which was just inches away from his eye. But there was also a stamp on Cesc Fabregas.

In reaction to Adebayor’s goal, the Arsenal fans went mental, and rightly so in my opinion. Liverpool FC weren’t punished for their fans’ reaction to Gary Neville’s celebration in 2006, where they ripped out seats and threw them on the pitch, so it would be double standards to dish out Arsenal with any sort of fine. Some would argue that fans should be responsible for their own behaviour though and a player sliding on their knees shouldn’t warrant behaviour which resulted in a steward being knocked unconscious and taken to hospital.

He said:

“I can go and play at the Emirates for the return game, why not? I play for Manchester City and if they want me to go and play, I will play… After the game I saw him [Robin van Persie] and said sorry but he didn’t even want to speak to me… I don’t know what I have done wrong to get banned. I have not heard the police or FA want to talk to me. The club have not said anything. I heard that a steward was injured and I regret that. I have apologised to Robin van Persie. It was silly to run up in front of the Arsenal fans. But these people have been insulting me all game. Even in the warm-up they were insulting me. They were saying things that are not nice to hear, personal things. I didn’t plan it, not at all. I didn’t even know that I would score. The way things were going from the warm-up, at the end it came into my head. I would like to apologise to the steward for what happened, why not?” - Emmanuel Adebayor.

Arsenal - Man City: The African connection

Much of the focus ahead of this encounter will surely be trained in on Kolo Toure and Emmanuel Adebayor.

Both players returned to Manchester in midweek as the Ivory Coast and Togo had just one World Cup qualifier and should be buoyed by recent events. Toure was named as the Manchester City captain in midweek whilst Adebayor has so far scored in every Premier League game.

This match will be a major test for City’s rearguard which is yet to concede a goal this season.

This fixture has taken on even greater importance this season as big-spending Manchester City look to buy their way into the Big Four, and many pundits have predicted that Arsenal would be the team to drop out of the Champions League spots.

On the evidence of the 2009/2010 Premier League season so far, Mark Hughes’ side are well capable of finishing in one of the top four positions and whilst Arsenal look good enough to challenge for the title.

A back four of Richards, Bridge, Lescott and Toure looks great on paper, how it fares against the free flowing Gunners attack will be an indicator for the rest of the season.

Cameroun's Alexandre Song, has been one of the most impressive Arsenal performers this season, the nephew of Rigobert Song looks capable of filling the role filled by the likes of Patrick Vieira, Gilberto Silva and Mathieu Flamini in recent years.

Arsenal fans will most likely be most worried about Emmanuel Adebayor. Whilst Kolo Toure was part of the “Invincibles” and was stagnating at the Emirates, the Togo hitman became too big for his boots after just one season and his antics on Football Focus and kissing his shirt last season became tiring for many.

So far this season, all of Emmanuel Adebayor’s goals have come early on in the match, within the opening half hour. A similar outcome would not be a surprise here but expect Arsenal to keep the natural order of things by dominating the latter part of the match when their superior passing and teamwork kicks in.

What do you think?

Ade's first City interview

Visual proof: Adebayor is now a City boy.

Togolese striker Sheyi Adebayor is officially now an Arsenal a cash cow - and a big one at that - after joining the Eastlanders for 25 million quid.

This also means that he is the highest ever paid-for African player, overtaking Ghana's Michael Essien.

He's scored some fine goals but his time was up. The downloadable pdf brochure at Arseblog showed how much he had lost favour with the red faithful.

Good luck to him. Let's recap some of his finer Gunner moments, eh?

Getting ready for Ade's adios

With reports of a medical having taken place and a work permit hearing in Manchester ,it looks as if Emmanuel Adebayor will be a Man City player by the end of the week.

The fee is reported to be around £25m, which would make Adebayor the most expensive African footballer in history. The figures for his wage fluctuate, but at the upper end of the spectrum, £170,000 p/week would make him the highest paid player in England.

They are huge sums - greater than either Arsenal or Adebayor could possibly gain from any other club. Milan’s highest offer last summer was reported as £24m - considering how Adebayor’s stock has fallen since then, an improvement on that would be remarkable.

It’s a signing that makes sense for Man City. They have signed a proven Premier League player from a top four club - they will see it as strengthening whilst weakening a rival.

Adebayor will score a good few goals, and at times he, Robinho, Tevez and Ireland will click with such attacking verve that some fans will wonder if we made a mistake in letting him go.

Adebayor, sadly, was too stupid to ignore the advisors who doubtless surround him and realise that for himself. At Arsenal he had a wonderful platform to go on and write his name among other great goalscorers: despite question marks over his finishing he is well over half the way to 100 Arsenal goals.

Instead, he threw his toys out of the pram until they were returned with bundles of cash, and when they were he lay there and sucked his thumb instead of continuing the hard work that had got him to that point.

It is, in the words of Elton John, a sad sad situation, but fortunately one that it seems will soon be resolved.

The Adebayor brochure

Recently, Michael Owen's representatives produced a now infamous brochure present to prospective new employers as the striker left Newcastle United.

People are torn as to the role this played in getting him a move to Old Trafford.

Now, Arsenal fans have produced a tongue-in-cheek version of the leaflet for Emmanuel Adebayor, their Togolese forward who splits opinion even inside his own Emirates Stadium stomping ground.

You can find the downloadable pdf brochure at Arseblog.

Hilarious.

Ade's big money bag on its way!

Arsenal's Togolese striker Emmanuel Adebayor is looking like a cash cow - and a big one at that - as we speak. That is, if he agrees to join Manchester City.

The Daily Mail says City were last night closing in on a £25 million deal for Adebayor after finally completing the signing of Carlos Tevez.

Manager Mark Hughes has been given encouragement by Arsenal in his move for Adebayor and the deal could even be completed today. And who is surprised that the Gunners want to rid themselves of a man who has become a trouble-maker of sorts for the club's fans?

The Togo forward is expected to open talks on a five-year deal worth £170,000 a week.

City moved for Adebayor over the weekend after giving up on a deal to bring in Samuel Eto'o from Barcelona.

Eto'o tried to push a move through late on but City had grown tired of waiting for him.

Despite Adebayor's status as Arsenal's top striker over the last two seasons, manager Arsene Wenger is keen to sell.

Adebayor transfer show: Galliani speaks (video)

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Adebayor wants to leave Arsenal. No, he doesn't!

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Milan want him. No, they aint.

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"I wanna go," says Ade. "No, I don't," he says.

That has been the on-and-off of the Togonator wanting to leave the Gunners.

Now, Milan's Adriano Galliani himself tells his views. And we must listen and watch.



Capisce?
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101 great goals of 2008/09: Emmanuel Adebayor

For me, it should have come in a better position than number 81.

But well that's how 101gg saw it. And here is the strike again.



For followers of this blog you may remember that I compared the goal to that of Ronaldinho.



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Adebayor's agent: No contact from Milan but others like my boy

Morning, all.

Cloudy with weather looking ominous here in Accra but I'm sure you're ok?

Right. Emmanuel Adebayor's agent says there's been no contact from AC Milan but admitted other clubs have expressed an interest.

Stephane Courbis said:

"Yesterday I met with Arsene Wenger, but we did not talk about a possible sale because at the moment there is no offer on the table that interests us.

"The Milan owners have made no contact with me. There are other offers, but none that Emmanuel finds interesting. It is not right to talk about things at the moment because Ade is an Arsenal player."

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The Sun: Adebayor's going to Milan for £15m

Even though I do not terribly trust The Sun, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt on this one.

According to the paper's site, Adebayor is going to be offered a sizzling amount of cash in pounds by the Italian giants:

"AC MILAN will make a bid of £15million for Emmanuel Adebayor this week.

The Serie A club are desperate to give their fans some positive news after Carlo Ancelotti's departure for Chelsea and Kaka's impending exit from the San Siro.

Milan offered £25m for the Arsenal striker last summer but the bid was turned down.

Their valuation has decreased after a mediocre season from the Togo international.

Adebayor netted 16 times last term - which was a huge disappointment after his 30-goal return the season before.
Gunners boss Arsene Wenger is willing to sell the 25-year-old as he attempts to rebuild a side which struggled to finish fourth in the Premier League last term.

Milan were interested in Didier Drogba but, as SunSport revealed two months ago, the striker is to be offered a new deal by Chelsea.

Drogba, 31, is likely to agree a three-year contract next month."

I leave it to you to do the believing.

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Wanted: Essien and Adebayor in Milan!

Brazilian Leonardo has only been the new coach of Milan for a day, but the Brazilian has already highlighted some of the stars he wants.

With Chelsea taking Carlo Ancelotti, it is rumoured that he will take some of his favourite Rossoneri players with him to London. And Leonardo has asked that any potential deal see Michael Essien moving in the opposite direction, according to the Corriere dello Sport.

The 26-year-old missed the first half of the season through injury, but was extremely influential upon his return, especially during Chelsea's Champions League run to the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, Leonardo is reportedly also interested in acquiring Arsenal hitman Emmanuel Adebayor, who has frequently been linked with the Rossoneri over the past couple of years. The Togolese striker scored 15 goals in all competitions for the Gunners this season and is viewed as the idea man to add some strength to the Milan attack.

The Serie A giants came in third place in Serie A this season and were knocked out in the early stages of the UEFA Cup and Coppa Italia, thus enduring a trophyless campaign.

PS: I'm also hearing that Milan could swap with Andrea Pirlo.
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