Source: Team_Talk
Adebayor to stay at City - for now
Emmanuel Adebayor wants to fight for his place at Manchester City despite admitting he could leave the club in the January transfer window.[LNB] The 26-year-old had to contend himself with a place on the bench for City's opener away to Tottenham last weekend when boss Roberto Mancini opted to employ Carlos Tevez as a lone striker.[LNB]After that match Adebayor sought out Mancini to discuss his role at the club and while the Togo striker revealed he was reassured he had a key role to play he intimated a winter move was not beyond the realms of possibility.[LNB]"I had a chat with the manager after the Spurs game which was good. But managers can change," he told The People.[LNB]"Today they love you and then you think you are going to be moving.[LNB]"I don't want to look too far into the future. Who knows? By January maybe the manager will tell me to leave - or maybe I will ask to leave.[LNB]"What is important for me is to have clear focus on playing for City and fighting for my place in the team and that is what I intend to do.[LNB]"As a footballer you have lots of difficult times. Being sat on the bench for the first game of the season at Tottenham was tough for me and I admit I was a little bit upset."[LNB]Adebayor admits he has become an "awkward" player to manage after he was involved in a near-death experience when the Togo team bus he was travelling on was ambushed by gunman en route to the African Nations Cup earlier this year.[LNB]An assistant coach and the team's press officer - plus a driver - were killed and Adebayor said he has since re-evaluated what was important to him.[LNB]"I have the chance to be alive when I could have been dead after what happened at the Cup of Nations," he added.[LNB]"That experience can maybe make me a bit awkward as I know what I want now. My priority from now on is always going to be my family.[LNB]"But, you have to fight for your place. I am very happy to be part of this club and I love the challenge of making it at City.[LNB]"Now I'm waiting for my chance. I'm playing for one of the big teams in England and all I need now is to be playing games and scoring goals."
