A fair and fine point...one thing that is not mentioned is the agent's role. In this case, I suspect it has been sizable. I've always said with regards to Adebayor that it is very hard for any of us to fathom what it must be like to be 'the man' in Togolese football, let alone being a major star there, and the hangers-on/family drain must be immense. I suspect since the bus shooting he has never quite been the same person (unsurprisingly) and he is absolutely a player who appears to need the love and 'big-up' of his manager. His style of play is not Poch's. He will never press like Poch wants for 95 minutes. But both are professionals and both will make the final few months work IMO. I still maintain it would've been best for all parties if there had ben a parting of the ways, and I have to say, I find the deadline day stuff really tinkle-poor. I cannot fathom why we would strumpet him around only to withdraw from a bid which the player wanted to take. Well, I CAN as it is MY belief that Levy enjoyed a bit of 'fudge you' to a few parties involved there, but the fact remains that the whole thing has helped absolutely no-one.
