Adebayor: I felt unloved at City

Posted Monday, April 04, 2011 by thesun.co.uk

Adebayor: I felt unloved at City
BUST-UP ... this training ground clash with Kolo Toure spelt the end of Emmanuel Adebayor's days at Manchester City

A training ground row with his boss in September did not help his cause and a second bust-up with team-mate Kolo Toure in January spelt the end of Adebayor's days at Eastlands.

But he says his switch to Jose Mourinho's Real - where he has scored three goals in 13 games - has revitalised his career.

And he refuses to rule out joining another English side when his loan spell in Madrid ends in June.

Adebayor added: "I have been playing in England for five years, I had the chance to play in France for a couple of years, so it is a good time for me to play in Spain.

"If I have the chance to go back to England one day, why not? I will never throw England away. I love the football, I love the atmosphere.

"But don't get me wrong, I am very happy where I am, the future will show where I go but for now I am just happy to be on the football pitch again, playing football.

"That is all that matters now. We will talk in the summer about what I am going to do about my career."

And, despite falling eight points behind Barcelona following a 1-0 loss to Sporting Gijon on Saturday, Adebayor reckons Mourinho's Real still have what it takes to scoop a domestic and European double.

He said: "We've got a good team, good quality and good team spirit. All the club wants is to win as many trophies as possible and that is my feeling as well.

"In the league we are eight points behind Barcelona but we still have to play them at home. It will be very difficult, don't get me wrong, but we have a good chance to give them a good run until the end of the season."

And Adebayor reserved a final word of praise for his new boss. He said: "I had the chance to play under Didier Deschamps at Monaco, with Arsene Wenger at Arsenal, Mark Hughes at Manchester City and Roberto Mancini.

"Now I am playing under Jose Mourinho and he is the best manager I have played under until now.

"I am very happy to have him as a manager and work with him as a player and I hope our relationship will continue for as long as possible, but you never know in football."

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