Emmanuel Adebayor Asks Tottenham for £1m Pay Off to Quit the Club: Nightly Soccer Report

Emmanuel Adebayor has asked Tottenham to give him a £1million pay off to leave the club after being banished to the reserves, according to a report in Metro newspaper today.

Adebayor is interested in leaving the club and joining Queens Park Rangers or a club in the Middle East as a free agent. But Tottenham would need to cancel his contract. Plus Adebayor wants a £1million payout.

What a waste.

Here are tonight’s world soccer news headlines:

Premier League

• Emmanuel Adebayor asks Tottenham for £1m pay off to quit the club — Metro
• José Mourinho insists Chelsea did not deserve defeat by Everton — The Guardian
• A fan threatens to ‘kill’ Steven Gerrard & his children at Liverpool’s training ground — 101GG
• David Moyes to talk to Ashley Young after dive against Crystal Palace — The Guardian
• Di Canio blasts ref after Altidore goal controversially disallowed — Pro Soccer Talk
• Chelsea’s Samuel Eto’o snubbed Arsenal in 2000 — Sky Sports
• Aston Villa’s Christian Benteke is the ‘best player in the Premier League’, says Gabriel Agbonlahor — Metro
• Harry Redknapp gagged from lifting the lid on his Tottenham exit — The Mirror
• Newcastle United FC need to play 4-3-3 formation according to Alan Pardew — Newcastle Chronicle
• David Moyes refuses to confirm if Man Utd made a late bid to hijack Bale transfer to Madrid — Independent
• Swansea City wanted Iago Aspas — and they would not have got Wilfried Bony as well — Evening Post
• A history of adidas: classic football boots — Design Boom
• PFA chairman Clarke Carlisle’s ‘disgusting’ words slammed by leading black player Jason Roberts — Independent
• Tottenham fans defy FA warning with traditional cry of ‘Yid Army’ — The Observer
• Arsenal’s Mikel Arteta and Lukas Podolski both making impressive injury recovery progress — Mirror
• West Ham travel light in absence of Andy Carroll — The Independent
• Kevin Nolan will stay at West Ham until he retires — The Mirror

Serie A

• Rafael Benítez feels new club Napoli embracing the spirit of Liverpool — The Observer
• Sampdoria catch genoa’s goalkeeper coach ‘dressed like Rambo’ & spying on training — Pies

US soccer

• Bruce Arena calls artificial turf in MLS “disasters” — Pro Soccer Talk
• John O’Brien: all American hero — World Soccer

Football League

• Millwall v Derby: Nigel Clough pushed by fan — BBC Sport
• Paul Ince: Blackpool boss sorry after bottle he throws hits fan — BBC Sport

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