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City life suits Adebayor after Arsenal acrimony


Emmanuel Adebayor Emmanuel Adebayor (born February 26, 1984 in Lomé, Togo) is a Togolese football player who currently plays for Arsenal. He had previously played for FC Metz and AS Monaco. He is of Nigerian descent via his parents who were born in the Osun State in south-west Nigeria.  has taunted Arsenal fans by revealing how Manchester Manchester, city, England
Manchester (măn`chəstər, –chĕs'tər), city and metropolitan district (1991 pop. 397,400), NW England, on the Irwell, Medlock, Irk, and Tib rivers.
 City supporters have inspired his impressive start to the season.

Adebayor wasn't missed by many at Arsenal when City paid 25 million pounds (28.3 million euros) to sign the Togo star during the close-season after an acrimonious final 12 months in north London North London is a part of London, England which has several possible definitions. River & geography
The part of London north of the River Thames (illustrated).
.

Arsenal fans were angered by Adebayor's constant flirtations with the likes of AC Milan, Barcelona and Chelsea, while several Gunners players hinted that the dressing room was a happier place without the forward.

But Adebayor has made a superb start to life with City and his winner at Portsmouth on Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week.  took his tally to three goals in three games for his new team.

"As soon as you play for a team where the fans love you and are always behind you, you try to give them something back," he said.

"That is what I have been showing since I joined this club. It is the same with new players like Carlos Tevez and Gareth Barry Gareth Barry (born February 23, 1981 in Hastings, East Sussex), is an English footballer and captain of Aston Villa. He also plays for England. Along with former team-mate Gareth Southgate, he was the only player to play in both final matches at the old Wembley Stadium, once for  - with the support from the fans, that motivates and makes you a special player.

"We have three wins, three clean sheets, nine points - for us the most important thing is believing we can do something good.

"We'll see where the season takes us. We have to keep enjoying ourselves."
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