Defoe & Adebayor swap deal

All Spurs fans know Emmanuel Adebayor seems to try when he wants, or as he puts it when the manager has confidence in him, meaning when he is picked every week regardless, and doesn't when he decides not to.

Defoe & Adebayor swap deal


He is famed for only trying when a new contract is due and shows the wrong mentality for a club trying to break into the UEFA Champions League regularly. The club needs players who want to constantly improve, Adebayor doesn't fit that bill. When Spurs are winning he can be found in midfield passing the ball around when he should be up front trying to score more and learning to be clinical for the crucial moments in other games.

Trying to offload him is difficult, he won't take a pay cut, money clearly the motivation, not football. there are few clubs who can afford his wages and fewer still who would want to pay them. Italian side Torino were limed suggesting if he took a pay cut he could join them, that talk swiftly died a death. Two Qatari clubs were mooted, reigning champions and leaders Lekhwiya Sports Club plus last seasons runners-up El Jaish Sports Club. Neither were a likely destination, they could afford his wages but why would he go there.

Now Major League Soccer side Toronto FC are being mooted and this could be an interesting deal because Jermain Defoe wants out of Toronto FC and Spurs need a back-up striker to Harry Kane. As a stop gap for a couple of season Jermain Defoe would be welcomed back at The Lane. His style would suit Mauricio Pochettino who wants mobile attackers who interchange positions.

Defoe is paid £90,000 a week by Toronto but would surely drop back to around £65,000 to come back to the Premier League. The financial package to release him from his Toronto contract is beyond most clubs but with Emmanuel Adebayor going the other way would be easier and the wage bill that needs reducing, would be reduced by around £55,000 a week, for no loss of goals.

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Defoe is back training with Spurs, he is with the Development Squad and would surely jump at the chance of returning to a place he knows well. Tottenham have discussed a return with him so know his situation and what it would take.

The Adebayor suggestion will not have been something out of the blue, Franco Baldini will have suggested they could sign him as he looks to find an exit route for the unwanted Togo international. If a deal could be worked our Spurs would get a proven scorer at Premier League level which means any further signings could wait until the summer. Toronto FC are not the only MLS side interested in Adebayor though so a deal is far from certain at this stage.