Former Premier League striker Emmanuel Adebayor has announced his retirement from football after 22 years with the likes of Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham and Tottenham Hotspur.
Former Premier League striker Emmanuel Adebayor has announced his retirement from football at the age of 39. He spent 22 years in football, having played in France, England, Spain, Turkey, Paraguay and Togo. He netted a total of 97 goals in 241 appearances in the English top flight. Has played for Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham Hotspur and Crystal Palace.
The stat places him at number 35 on the league’s all-time top scorers list. Ranked between Spurs striker Son Heung-min and Nigerian striker Yakhubu, while he spent most of his Premier League career he also played for Metz and Monaco in France, Real Madrid in Spain and Istanbul Basaksehir in Turkey, and he has now announced his retirement. “From the highest point to the lowest point My career as a professional athlete has been an incredible journey,” he wrote on Instagram. “Thank you to my fans who have been there every step of the UFABET way. I am very grateful. for everything And excited about what will happen!”
Adebayor made his name at Arsenal, who signed him from Monaco for £3m in January 2006. He spent three years with Arsene Wenger’s side and scored 30 goals in the 2007 season. /08 Manchester City bought him in the summer of 2009, paying the Gunners £25m to sign him on a five-year deal. Wants to leave Arsenal and feels the club has been hit by financial offers.
“[My agent] really didn’t tell me. Why do they want to sell me? But I found that they needed money. “And someone had to leave, that was me,” he said. “Wenger got me where I am today. But he couldn’t stand up and say last summer. I told him I wanted to move away. Told him I wanted to stay. I don’t think our relationship will break. I think they need money and need to sell someone. They chose me and they got paid.”
Adebayor’s most embarrassing moment came in a Manchester City shirt when he scored against Arsenal and ran across the pitch to celebrate with a knee slide in front of fans of his former club. The celebration did not end well. When Adebayor was punished by the FA In an interview with the Daily Mail years later, he said racism had prompted him to celebrate the goal so fervently. “This is what it is. And that’s why I haven’t said anything about racism for the past few weeks.
“When I celebrated the goal, the FA fined me, they fined me. Nothing happened to Arsenal fans. So racism started on me and before me a long time ago ′′ I remember when I got to the stadium and the fans. Arsenal is there. I could only hear shouts saying, ‘Your mother is a prostitute. and your father bathes the elephant'” “My father worked in a currency exchange. My mother is a businessman. But it kept going like this. How do I respond? I have no argument against thousands of supporters.”