Emmanuel Adebayor sent to train with Tottenham youth team

Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor will be sent to train with the youth team when he returns from his homeland of Togo. Adebayor's brother, Peter, died this week and Adebayor has been on compassionate leave.

The arrival of Roberto Soldado has meant that Adebayor is no longer required at White Hart Lane. With Jermain Defoe the preferred second choice forward behind Soldado, Adebayor is currently third choice.


“Up until when I find it appropriate, he will train with the development team," said manager Andre Villas-Boas.


“He was a couple of weeks late in relation to the rest of the team, bearing in mind his personal tragedy.


“So at the moment, things stand as they are... he hasn’t been any problem.”