Emmanuel Adebayor for sale - in Arsenal fans' cheeky Michael Owen-style brochure
Published 00:00 08/07/09 By Exclusive by John Cross
Arsenal fans have launched their own Michael Owen-style brochure - in a desperate attempt to sell Emmanuel Adebayor.
The six-page online magazine pokes fun at Adebayor, who is public enemy No.1 among Arsenal fans. The Gooners have fallen out of love with their striker and have copied Owen's sales plug, which helped the England man secure a dream move to Manchester United.
But while Owen's agents, the Wasserman Media Group, and their brochure grabbed Sir Alex Ferguson's attention, the Arseblog website's dossier is unlikely to attract potential buyers.
The website jokingly describes Adebayor as "much better than Marlon Harewood and Mido put together" as well as having a "chance-togoal ratio of 0.0045, bettered by only 453 players last year."
It also says that "scientists have proved that Adebayor + wages + bonus + monogrammed car seats = goals." It says that he is friends with Kate Lawler from Big Brother, Susan Boyle, Hugh Grant and Emmanuel Eboue.
It describes him as "definitely not lazy, never late for training" and "investment in Emmanuel Adebayor could prove vital for your football club".
Andrew Mangan, editor of Arseblog , said: "It's just a bit of fun based on the Michael Owen brochure. It's not an axe to grind against Adebayor but he is the guy most likely to leave this summer."
The Togo star became unpopular with Arsenal fans last summer after publicly admitting he was ready to leave and that led to him being jeered at the start of the season.
He has not been forgiven either after a string of lacklustre displays, including against Manchester United in the Champions League semifinal when fans nicknamed him Ade-Barndoor.
But even though Arsenal have lined up Bordeaux striker Maroune Chamakh as a replacement, there has been very little interest in Adebayor.
His agent Stephane Courbis has been working to secure a big-money move after Adebayor compared a switch to AC Milan as to being asked out on a date by pop star Beyonce.
Courbis alienated Arsenal fans further by publicly admitting that his client would welcome the chance to work under Carlo Ancelotti at Chelsea after the Italian tried to sign him for Milan last year.
But after his poor season, there have been no concrete bids and Arsenal will be lucky to get half the £35million that Milan and Barcelona were ready to pay last summer.
Arsenal chief executive Ivan Gazidis has also warned that it is a "big year" for the club and said manager Arsene Wenger accepts that simply challenging for the top four is not enough.
Gazidis said: "Every player in our squad, our manager, and me, has higher ambitions."
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