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Adebayor Interview

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Ryan

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Why did you leave Arsenal?

"It was a very difficult decision because I didn't wanna leave Arsenal to be honest, and, you know, they told me that I have to leave, that they found an agreement from Man City, and whether you like it or not, you have to leave. And I was like: "I'm not leaving!" But at the end of the day, when I had a good discussion with the boss, I realise. I realise that what he was trying to tell me, which doesn't come out straight from his mouth, is if you stay, you will not have a chance to play. But for me there is nothing but other than playing football. There is nothing other but being on the pitch. That's what I like doing most in this world.


You came here to Manchester City. What did the club tell you about their philosophy and their goals for this season?

We have a chance to bring up this team and make it one of the best in the world. That's why they bring players like Carlos Tevez, Gareth Barry, Kolo Touré and myself. You know, they bring a lot of players. There are a lot of players already here. We come and meet them, we combine together, to make it a great club, you know. People treat me very well, because I need an ambition, I need to write my own history, because I know even if I stay at Arsenal I can't play. And I couldn't make my own history there. Because a lot of big, big players, big names has passed before me.


You know, by playing at Arsenal, that it's very tough to get into the top four. It's been the same four teams pretty much for the last 10 years, with one or two exceptions. Can Manchester City get in there this season?

Why not? We've got Gareth Barry, a world class midfielder, we have Stephen Ireland, one of the best midfielders in the world, we've got Craig Bellamy, he's on fire at the moment, Carlos Tevez, myself, Robinho's coming back, Benjani's coming back. I think, if those players are fit, why not? At the moment it is good, you can see that all the big four, they are all struggling a little bit.


You started the season on fire with Manchester City, scoring in the first four games. Were you surprised that you hit that kind of form so early?

No, no, not surprised at all because I know I'm a striker, I know what I'm here for is to score goals, I know I have the capacity and capability to score a lot of goals. And, you know, what happened last season in Arsenal last season, I was tired, I played with a lot of injuries two years ago and last season, all this didn't pay off you know. So this season I'm a little bit more fresh and, considering I'm playing, I'm just enjoying myself on the pitch at the moment.


I have to ask you about the Arsenal game, a lot was said about it, a lot was written about it and what about what happened with Robin van Persie as well. Do you regret that incident?

Of course yes. I see Robin in the tunnel and I told him: "I'm very sorry for what happened". He's like: "Why, why you do that?" and I told him: "Robin, I don't know, that does happen, I'm sorry." And at the time he told me, "OK it's fine."


What about your reaction following the goal – why did you feel the need to run the length of the pitch and celebrate in front of the Arsenal supporters like that?

When I come to the stadium, for me it was a special game because you're playing against your former team and was coming up against people who were like brothers. When I get to the tunnel and see my friends, I try to shake their hands … but they don't want to shake my hand and it was a shock. I was like a shock: what is going on? What am I? You know what I mean? I felt very hurt. After that I thought – OK, that's part of life and just have to deal with it. After that, when I get on the pitch and when I hear some singing insulting my dad, insulting my mum, I think, we can't take everything. We are only human beings and I think that is something that you cannot take. We've all got our limit. You can insult me, you can judge me on the football pitch, that's normal. But don't touch my family, don't touch my parents, I love them more than everything on this earth. So when I heard fans singing, insulting my family, yes, then my mind was like, I had to respond, respond – which way? I don't have a choice. I cannot go into the fans and start shouting, I cannot do anything, better way to respond is to score a goal against them. And that is what I managed to do. At that time, emotions took over me and I have done it. And you can see that I'm not insulting anyone, I just calm down, sliding on my knee, showing them that "yes, you insult me, you sack me from your team, I go, and now this means I'm not the bad player you think I was when I was playing for you."


Do you regret doing that now?

Yeah, yeah, of course, we are all human beings. I think I wish I could not have done that, but there are some times, we are all human beings. [Barack] Obama will make a lot of mistakes where he is now, [Cristiano] Ronaldo has done a lot of mistakes, I can say Mr Alex Ferguson apologised recently for what he has said against the referee, he just made the mistake, he is a human being, we all do it and we all have to pass through a mistake to be a better man.


What does it mean for you, as an African and an African player, to have the World Cup in South Africa for the first time?

We very pleased, very happy. It's like a dream become true. And to start with, I am very happy with the national team of Ghana, Black Starlets, Under-20, they just won the World Cup for the first time in our history so, you know, everything is coming on our way this time. It's very good, it's very positive for us, as Africans and we very happy for that. We are very happy for those young lads, what they have done for us, it's like they start writing the history. I am very pleased we are organising this big party in Africa in 2010. South Africa, one of the best, one of the biggest countries in Africa. So we just wanna enjoy it and we hope that we try to organise one of the best and memorable World Cup in our history. That's what we are fighting for now.


How much has African football grown in the last few years because it seems everywhere you look in Europe, they've got at least one or two African players?

Africans are in all big teams, we go to Inter Milan we have Muntari and Eto'o, we come to Chelsea, you got Michael Essien, you got Didier Drogba, you go to, you know like Barcelona, you got Keita, you got Diarra in Madrid. You know, you got a lot of African players these times and you know, we just have to believe that we can do it. The players have to believe first, you know, and lead us to this dream because I think a lot of African people are dreaming about these days. What is going to happen in the South Africa 2010. I think if my brothers believe that they can do it, yeah, anyway they got the talent. If they are playing Barcelona, Milan, Chelsea, this mean, they got the talent, they can do it, they can bring that dream become truth for all African people.


How did you start playing football in Africa?

You know, us in Africa, all what we know, all what we dream about is football. Because when I was young, all what I tried to do, all what I had a chance to watch on TV was football. So, you know, I got into football when I was young, when I started walking, like all African people, because most African people, when they start walking, they start touching the ball because I used to live in a house where we had a lot of young boys in the house. We are like 10, or 15 of us, so you can imagine, we're always playing three v three, four v four. And, you know, you just get used to football like that and I remember, like, when I was, like eight, nine years old, we were playing a tournament in the area and one of my uncles who was, is, footballer, who plays for Metz, in France, professional sport, just was, you know, like "Oh, you're a good footballer".


Did you ever dream that you would get to where you are now?

No. Never. That's why I'm very happy and every time I wake up in the morning, I just tell myself, "I have a chance to be chosen where there would be maybe hundred, billion of people, I don't know how many people in Africa would love to be in my position today." And those are the things that I always keep in my head and tell myself whenever I have a chance. I just have to give 100% of myself, I just have to work, keep working hard because I know a lot of people would love to be in my place and today, I'm one of the people that people are dreaming to be one day, so I just have to be an example and keep working hard and show them that working hard and having a little bit of belief, you can achieve, you can achieve what you want achieve, you can make your dream become truth.

If you can get more than halfway through that, you've done better than me.

What a prized cock.
 
To put a long interview short:

Why did you leave Arsenal?

For money and nothing else but money.

You came here to Manchester City. What did the club tell you about their philosophy and their goals for this season?

"They told me their philosophy to success was money, and nothing but money. I like.

You started the season on fire with Manchester City, scoring in the first four games. Were you surprised that you hit that kind of form so early?

"Because I am the greatest player ever."

I have to ask you about the Arsenal game, a lot was said about it, a lot was written about it and what about what happened with Robin van Persie as well. Do you regret that incident?

I say in interviews I do, but I really don't. I watch on my big screen on loop at home.

What about your reaction following the goal – why did you feel the need to run the length of the pitch and celebrate in front of the Arsenal supporters like that?

"Because I am an A-Grade cunt"

Do you regret doing that now?

"I say in the media I do, but I don't."

Questions on being African and African football

"I am the greatest ever African football player ... just look at how much monies I have!"
 
I read through the first paragraph and thought it was a wind-up. He's a lying cunt and I can't be arsed reading through the rest of his bollocks to be honest.
 
Thick, mendacious shit-cunt of the highest order

And also doesn't understand the offside rule

I don't know many Gunners fans who are sad to see the back of him, although the downside is that they don't like Bender either, and he's getting more games
 
Haha, I stopped half way through - he is full of shit.

I think he might be more of a tosser than Voronin
 
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