Adebayor signs for Real Madrid

Real Madrid finally got their number 9. Emmanuel Adebayor, the Togo front-man and former Arsenal target man, signed on-loan from his current club Manchester City after the club were turned down by both Hamburg for Ruud Van Nistelrooy´s and his services and also cross-town rivals Atletico de Madrid for Kun Aguero´s. What they´ve got is someone who comes to them with loads of talent, but the sort of baggage that they can ill afford to handle.

Here´s a guy that scored 30 goals for Arsenal and rather than thank the club with a statement of loyalty or a promise to wear well the shirt or the badge for a club that took a chance on him, he orchestrated moves through his agent to Real Madrid, AC Milan and Barcelona before the ink was dry on any offer from the Gunners.

I like the guy. He´s a talented forward, anyone´s second-choice Drogba in the grand scheme of things if things were equal, but they´re not. He´s not a competitor. He couldn´t handle the likes of Nicklas Bendtner taking minutes from him at Arsenal, and both Carlos Tevez and now Eden Dzeko at Citeh. He´s not the sort who will fight for his place.

Right now he has a chance. His final chance at a big club I believe. José will try to motivate him to give his all, he will get a quick-dose of the Mourinho Kool-Aid, but in the end this is not a marquee signing. Marca and As will try to sell you on the fact that Adebayor is ¨hungry and willing to make his mark¨, but what happens on an away match in February when he takes the first 45 off and he makes Benzema look like Ronaldo O´Fenomeno?

Will Madridistas come to the realization, like Citizens and Gunners before him, that the Togo striker with the immaculate touch and the devastating turn is more trouble than he´s worth? Is he the sort of player that will wear the badge, wear the shirt with honor and behavior becoming of a Real Madrid legend? Doubtful. Give José all the props you want, with his psychology and his man management, his hoodoo-guru, but I think this task is even beyond him.



I´d like to be proven wrong, but Adebayor´s track record is spotty at best.

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