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AVB PROVED WRONG

Since Andre Villas-Boas was in charge of Tottenham, the playing time of Emmanuel Adebayor was severely limited as he spent more time on the sidelines than on the playing field and during the few moments he was indeed on the pitch with the main squad of Tottenha, his performances left more to be desired.

His spell with Tottenham is now more enjoyable as Tim Sherwood seems to have given him a light of hope. The new role that Tim Sherwood has in the club was good news for the Togelese forward who is now starting to perform like the days back where he played in Arsenal.

Since Andre Villas-Boas was in charge of Tottenham, the playing time of Emmanuel Adebayor was severely limited as he spent more time on the sidelines than on the playing field and during the few moments he was indeed on the pitch with the main squad of Tottenha, his performances left more to be desired.

His spell with Tottenham is now more enjoyable as Tim Sherwood seems to have given him a light of hope. The new role that Tim Sherwood has in the club was good news for the Togelese forward who is now starting to perform like the days back where he played in Arsenal.

Adebayor was on the verge of leaving Tottenham some years ago when he was just too frustrated by the plans of Villas-Boas. Sherwood considers Adebayor to be a great player and has already promised the player on giving him plenty of time on the pitch but the rumors still continue on emerging involving the exit of Adebayor from the club.
Al Ain is one of the clubs interested in signing the former Arsenal player as well as some other from the Premier League but no official bids or approaches have been made concerning the future of Adebayor.

The 23 years old player of Tottenham, Danny Rose who currently is out on loan at Sunderland spoke about the change that Adebayor and Sherwood have made for the club.
“No disrespect to Andre but playing one up front has been a bit frustrating and hard for Soldado at times. He has been like a new signing. He has scored four goals in his last five games, which is brilliant for us. Considering he didn’t play a game from pre-season until a few weeks ago, his energy levels have actually been brilliant’’.

“There were no questions about his attitude during his first season under Harry Redknapp and I can’t speak for last season because I wasn’t here.When I came back pre-season, his attitude was fine. Obviously there was a bit of a disagreement between him and Andre but it is finished now and we are all grateful he is back in the team.”

AVB UNSURE ON EUROPE

New Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has said that he is not sure whether he will give Europa league the full attention after he has refused to commit to naming a strong starting line-up.

New Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has said that he is not sure whether he will give Europa league the full attention after he has refused to commit to naming a strong starting line-up.

The Europa league has often been viewed as a distraction by many managers in their attempts to finish higher in the Premier league. Even after winning the trophy, the financial advantages are extremely low. It is one of the main reasons for managers to avoid playing their full strength teams in the Europa league. Harry Redknapp adopted this same policy at Tottenham, which paid dividends in the form of two fourth place finish in four seasons.

The Tottenham manager Andre Villas-Boas has also refused to commit to playing a strong starting line-up in these matches. Tottenham have qualified for the Europa league automatically after finishing in fourth position last season. Normally, it would have given them the opportunity to play in the Champions League qualification stages, but because of the title victory for Chelsea last season, they have to play in the Europa league. Tottenham have already secured the signing of the Belgian defender from Ajax, while they are looking to seal the deal for Emmanuel Adebayor on a permanent basis.

“We would like to compete in the four competitions differently – particularly in the Europa League, which is the first European competition I won, and the only one. Hopefully I’ll get some more in the future. It’s also a competition which has so much history in this club, so we would like to extend our competition, in terms of titles, to all of them. I’m going to choose regarding what I see in training, because I’ve always done that,” said Andre Villas-Boas in a recent press conference. Andre Villas-Boas has already won the Europa league with FC Porto.