“Spurs showed me disrespect” – Adebayor

Tottenham Hotspur striker Emmanuel Adebayor, has criticized the club for treating him with disrespect recently, but has vowed to put the past behind him.
Andre Villas-Boas who was sacked as Spurs manager, froze out the Togolese from his team and made himtrain with the reserves. However, Tim Sherwood has recalled the former Arsenal and Manchester City man and he has responded with three goals in two games.
In an interview with BBC after the 3-2 win over Southampton where he bagged a brace, he lifted the lid of the past few months.


“It was difficult, I don’t even know how to explain it,” said Adebyaor as he started to sum up the events of the last few months. “I come to the training ground and I see some of the team group pictures [being taken] and I’m not even involved, that showed me a lot of disrespect,” he said.

“At the end of the day, I am a professional footballer and I try to keep my head up. They ask me to go and train with the reserves, I do it with pleasure. They asked me to train on my own, I have done with pleasure.
“I just keep doing my thing and now this is my glory time. Don’t get me wrong, this is only one game and there are 20 something more to go. I have to keep focused and keep doing my thing and hopefully I can be the one who makes the team.
“This is good for my confidence, winning is good for the whole team, but this is not about Adebayor. This is about Tottenham.”
Adebayor also used the opportunity to thank his team-mates, who showed him support during the time.
“All I can say is thanks to the players, thanks for the new staff for giving me my confidence back,” he added. “Even when I was not playing, I had a lot of players backing me up and telling me they know how good I am. To get the chance to play again, I don’t want to let them down, I don’t want to let the fans down who believe in me.”