Emmanuel Adebayor - Officially gone \o/

[Roy1983]

i really don't care how ade spends his money or time, only what he did and did not do on the pitch. this changes nothing for me.

+1

 

[Dicko]

On the face of it, all should be joy. His family could well be working jobs back in Ghana that give them $100 a week. One of their boys does good, and before they know it is earning $250,000 a week kicking a ball around in Europe. That really is a golden ticket scenario.

The family should be pleased for him, and he should be over the moon that he can help and make life endlessly comfortable for his relations.

Then out comes the emotions, the characters, the beautiful (not) sides of everyone involved. Money really is evil, it brings out the worst in so many people. In bad times or disputes people dish out the 'blood is thicker than water' diatribe but unfortunately blood doesn't appear to be thicker than a wad of fresh fifties.

If Ade loves money then he's in the right place (playing football that is, NOT Tottenham), but if he loves family, then ironically he'd be better off having never seen a football.

I guess it can change everything once someone earns that much money. If they all had regular jobs and a decent relationship before and then Ade starts sending them money to start a new business, pay for flights, funerals and buys them a new house etc. then it's pretty hard for someone to just go back to a 9-5 hardworking job. I guess it changes the whole dynamic of a family and the relationships.

I bet it's something many footballers/popstars and lottery winners have to deal with.

 

[Craig_J]

PS. How many brothers and sister does he have!?

A quick google says three sisters and two brothers (one of whom I think died?). Who needs Statto?

 

[ricky2tricky4city]

I guess it can change everything once someone earns that much money. If they all had regular jobs and a decent relationship before and then Ade starts sending them money to start a new business, pay for flights, funerals and buys them a new house etc. then it's pretty hard for someone to just go back to a 9-5 hardworking job. I guess it changes the whole dynamic of a family and the relationships.

I bet it's something many footballers/popstars and lottery winners have to deal with.

The human race ....great innit.

 

[Modric THFC]

Reading your recent comments, some people said my family and I should consult T.B Joshua. In 2013, I gave my mother money so she could consult him in Nigeria. She was supposed to stay for 1 week; but 2 days into her stay, I received a call saying she left.

So he really does think his mother is a witch then or possessed by an evil spirit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._B._Joshua

This brick is what is affecting his confidence.
Related http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...s-witch-wrecked-husbands-career-impotent.html

 

[Superhudd]

As much as I appreciate the fact your not Ade's biggest fan I think the fact you don't like him has kind of made you miss the point... the parts I've highlighted are where I think you're going wrong. For starters from what he says he did pay for all their education homes etc. and paying for his brother to fly over from Germany isn't really him saying "Oh no I wasted a few grand doing that". He even says that his brother never turned up to his fathers funeral. If you were a multimillionaire and you paid for a sibling to come to your fathers funeral only for them not to turn up and instead pocket the money would you really give a toss about the money? Of course not! It's that they put a few thousand in their pocket ahead of the death of your father...

Also to say "Surely if he did things properly then they wouldn't try to scam him." is utterly ridiculous. Because of course if you were a millionaire and your family asked for money to start up a business you'd be there right away with a lawyer to go over the terms and conditions of the loan and an accountant to monitor them and make sure they're using it properly...

I never said its him saying he wasted a few grand doing that... my point was.. don't moan about trivial things such as paying for family members education or flights, IMO its the minimum you should be doing for your family, regarding his brother not turning up at the funeral, I would be asking what is his situation that he needs to spend that money elsewhere that has forced him to miss the funeral, that is what I would be thinking, not thinking that he has taken the money and run and don't give two bricks about there father.


On the bolded. Absolutely yes I would, I'd bring in someone to work alongside them who knew what they was doing and to make sure the whole thing was viable. It wouldn't be a loan either. I'd want a majority share in the business with the family members involved owning the remaining amount 49% with each getting an equal share... bit like a Dragon. If successful I would then give them the opportunity to buy my majority share after 5 years for an agreed amount (set up cost) set when the business started. I would have thought it common sense to be hands on. I would also not take a wage and all my profit would go back into the business

 

[thfcsteff]

Whatever the rights and wrongs of what he did, or the accuracy of what he says, it basically seems that over time Ade has become isolated and estranged from the majority of his family. That is going to be massively hard to deal with and explains his decline in level over the last few seasons.

Why would you be bothered playing football if your own family hates you?

This 100%.

 

[DubaiSpur]

I guess it can change everything once someone earns that much money. If they all had regular jobs and a decent relationship before and then Ade starts sending them money to start a new business, pay for flights, funerals and buys them a new house etc. then it's pretty hard for someone to just go back to a 9-5 hardworking job. I guess it changes the whole dynamic of a family and the relationships.

I bet it's something many footballers/popstars and lottery winners have to deal with.

This is probably quite true.

 

[BucurestiSpur]

Daniel Levy has responded on facebook

SEA,
When Adebayor told me he was a famous striker who would score me lots of goals, i signed him. GHod knows how much i have paid him, GHod knows where the striker is.
When i payed Adebayor 150k a week and asked him NOT to fly to Africa, he did.
When i payed Adebayor 150k a week and asked him to fly back from Africa he didn't.
When i paid him 150k a week and begged him to travel to West Ham he kept the money in his pocket and stayed in Tottenham.
..etc etc etc you get the idea

 

[Superhudd]

Yeah he calls the club family.

 

[braineclipse]

I know Adebayor is still our player, and a human being deserving of empathy and all that...

But a profanity-filter change of his name to something or other ridiculous would make me happy. Even just his name makes me feel like I'm getting trolled by the universe at this point and seeing this thread every day is like face palming whilst accidentally holding a brick.

 

[imcallingbullsh*t]

I still dont get why ade gets so much stick. I dont remember 100's of posts laying into Bentley at every opportunity who cost us far more and produced far less.

Ade has still played and seems to want to play
Bentley really didnt give a **** and said so himself

 

[Modric THFC]

I still dont get why ade gets so much stick. I dont remember 100's of posts laying into Bentley at every opportunity who cost us far more and produced far less.

Ade has still played and seems to want to play
Bentley really didnt give a **** and said so himself

Bentley just fudged off quietly. There's always another Ade news story coming from him the day after he comes on for a few minutes. People are sick of it and him.

 

[Finney Is Back]

I never said its him saying he wasted a few grand doing that... my point was.. don't moan about trivial things such as paying for family members education or flights, IMO its the minimum you should be doing for your family, regarding his brother not turning up at the funeral, I would be asking what is his situation that he needs to spend that money elsewhere that has forced him to miss the funeral, that is what I would be thinking, not thinking that he has taken the money and run and don't give two cruds about there father.


On the bolded. Absolutely yes I would, I'd bring in someone to work alongside them who knew what they was doing and to make sure the whole thing was viable. It wouldn't be a loan either. I'd want a majority share in the business with the family members involved owning the remaining amount 49% with each getting an equal share... bit like a Dragon. If successful I would then give them the opportunity to buy my majority share after 5 years for an agreed amount (set up cost) set when the business started. I would have thought it common sense to be hands on. I would also not take a wage and all my profit would go back into the business

And it seems as though Adebayor didn't moan about those 'trivial things' at the time that he funded them.... Looks like the moaning has come later when that same family who have happily taken from him then disrespect him.

It's very easy to say that those sorts of things are the least one can do when coming from a 'normal', caring, honest, supportive family. I don't think you'd think the same way if you had a family who were the very opposite of those things. I have a few friends who have become successful against the odds despite coming from extremely dysfunctional families, their family relationships have then become even more strained (generally to the point of becoming completely broken) as a result of the money and feelings of entitlement to that money that some of the family members have.

 

[Finney Is Back]

While in the thread, something that has always puzzled me.......

Emanuel Adebayor has been at Spurs for 4 years. Costing us (an estimated) £100,000 a week in wages and a transfer fee of £5 million. That equates to a grand total of £25.8 million over the 4 years, or £6.45 million per year. For that £25.8 million Adebayor has contributed 35 Premier League goals in 87 Premier League games at an average of 1 goal every 2.49 games, or to monetize this - £737,000 for each goal scored.

Roberto Soldado has been at Spurs for 2 years. Costing us (an estimated) £60,000 a week in wages and a transfer fee of £26 million. That equates to a grand total of £32.24 million over the two years or £16.12 million per year. For that £32.24 million Soldado has contributed 7 Premier League goals in 47 Premier League games at an average of 1 goal every 6.71 games, or to monetize this - £4.6 million for each goal scored.

Yet of the two players, it seems Soldado is the one who gets a remarkably easy ride from a majority of Spurs fans. Strange how unconscious biases seem to occur.

 

[Millsy_Yiddo]

I never said its him saying he wasted a few grand doing that... my point was.. don't moan about trivial things such as paying for family members education or flights, IMO its the minimum you should be doing for your family, regarding his brother not turning up at the funeral, I would be asking what is his situation that he needs to spend that money elsewhere that has forced him to miss the funeral, that is what I would be thinking, not thinking that he has taken the money and run and don't give two cruds about there father.

I don't see him moaning about paying the money for education, or flights etc anywhere. I see him moaning about paying for education and flights and the money not being used for education and flights.

Regarding the bold. I'm guessing he probably did find out why his brother didn't use the money he lent him to fly to his father's funeral. If it was for genuine sensible reasons then I doubt he'd mention it in his post.

 

[metalgear]

While in the thread, something that has always puzzled me.......

Emanuel Adebayor has been at Spurs for 4 years. Costing us (an estimated) £100,000 a week in wages and a transfer fee of £5 million. That equates to a grand total of £25.8 million over the 4 years, or £6.45 million per year. For that £25.8 million Adebayor has contributed 35 Premier League goals in 87 Premier League games at an average of 1 goal every 2.49 games, or to monetize this - £737,000 for each goal scored.

Roberto Soldado has been at Spurs for 2 years. Costing us (an estimated) £60,000 a week in wages and a transfer fee of £26 million. That equates to a grand total of £32.24 million over the two years or £16.12 million per year. For that £32.24 million Soldado has contributed 7 Premier League goals in 47 Premier League games at an average of 1 goal every 6.71 games, or to monetize this - £4.6 million for each goal scored.

Yet of the two players, it seems Soldado is the one who gets a remarkably easy ride from a majority of Spurs fans. Strange how unconscious biases seem to occur.

maybe its because we know we can get soldado back for something at least pretty significant, but our last bid for ade means paying some more just to get rid of him.

 

[braineclipse]

While in the thread, something that has always puzzled me.......

Emanuel Adebayor has been at Spurs for 4 years. Costing us (an estimated) £100,000 a week in wages and a transfer fee of £5 million. That equates to a grand total of £25.8 million over the 4 years, or £6.45 million per year. For that £25.8 million Adebayor has contributed 35 Premier League goals in 87 Premier League games at an average of 1 goal every 2.49 games, or to monetize this - £737,000 for each goal scored.

Roberto Soldado has been at Spurs for 2 years. Costing us (an estimated) £60,000 a week in wages and a transfer fee of £26 million. That equates to a grand total of £32.24 million over the two years or £16.12 million per year. For that £32.24 million Soldado has contributed 7 Premier League goals in 47 Premier League games at an average of 1 goal every 6.71 games, or to monetize this - £4.6 million for each goal scored.

Yet of the two players, it seems Soldado is the one who gets a remarkably easy ride from a majority of Spurs fans. Strange how unconscious biases seem to occur.

Those numbers obviously don't tell the whole story.

As is fairly common with footballers one of the things that will get fans angry is a perceived lack of effort. Soldado, perhaps with a couple of exceptions, has never looked short on effort. He's always looked desperate to try to succeed at the club. I don't think that can be said about Adebayor.

The frustration with Adebayor is that he is both good enough and a good fit for us and this league when motivated and on form. He has all the ability, but there seems to be a shortage of effort and determination. For me at least that's a lot more upsetting than someone being, at least under Pochettino, a fairly poor fit in the team like Soldado seems to be.

 

[Baleforce]

even if I was earning millions of pounds every year there are still members of my family I wouldn't give a penny to

I'm not gonna judge him on that

 

[Armchair Expert]

While in the thread, something that has always puzzled me.......

Emanuel Adebayor has been at Spurs for 4 years. Costing us (an estimated) £100,000 a week in wages and a transfer fee of £5 million. That equates to a grand total of £25.8 million over the 4 years, or £6.45 million per year. For that £25.8 million Adebayor has contributed 35 Premier League goals in 87 Premier League games at an average of 1 goal every 2.49 games, or to monetize this - £737,000 for each goal scored.

Roberto Soldado has been at Spurs for 2 years. Costing us (an estimated) £60,000 a week in wages and a transfer fee of £26 million. That equates to a grand total of £32.24 million over the two years or £16.12 million per year. For that £32.24 million Soldado has contributed 7 Premier League goals in 47 Premier League games at an average of 1 goal every 6.71 games, or to monetize this - £4.6 million for each goal scored.

Yet of the two players, it seems Soldado is the one who gets a remarkably easy ride from a majority of Spurs fans. Strange how unconscious biases seem to occur.

Because Soldado has behaved like a normal human being and put the required effort in. He never missed flights, brought Ju-Ju to the table or appeared on facebook every three minutes expunging issues that should be private and have no place in the public sphere.

That he hasn't delivered is a sporting issue and one that I'm as sure he is upset about as we are disappointed. He is a man, not a machine, and suffered a drastic decline in his work output and his career is on the slide. Its something very different.