'Hurt' Adebayor hits out at City

08 July 2011 06:08
Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor has accused the club's hierarchy of not being "man enough" to tell him he is not wanted.[LNB] The former Togo international, who only joined the club from Arsenal for £25million two years ago, was frozen out at Eastlands last season and ended the campaign on loan at Real Madrid.[LNB]But after expecting to link up with manager Roberto Mancini and the rest of his squad for pre-season, the 27-year-old now claims he has been omitted from the club's tour of America, but was only told by football director Brian Marwood's secretary.[LNB]He said in the Sun: "This is very hurtful and insulting and says a lot about Manchester City.[LNB]"On the one hand they want to become the biggest, most successful club in the world, yet the people who run the club are not acting in that way at all.[LNB]"No one at City is man enough to speak to me face-to-face to explain.[LNB]"I just received an email from Brian Marwood's secretary, a lady at the club called Claire, telling me to report for training on July 9.[LNB]"But when I spoke to the other players, I found out the first team was leaving for the pre-season tour of the USA on July 8.[LNB]"So it's clear they don't want me here but no one even called. Brian Marwood just got his secretary to send me an email.[LNB]"And I heard this was the same with at least six other players"[LNB]Adebayor has been linked with a move to Tottenham, as well as a permanent return to Madrid.

Source: Team_Talk