The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby twosips » Thu May 07, 2015 8:39 pm

Also, this is a great name for a book.

Sequel to 'the curious incident of the dog in the nighttime'?
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby london blue 2 » Thu May 07, 2015 10:30 pm

I read that thinking, how fucking long does it take for the penny to drop. He must be fucking stupid.

People wanna take tha piss and his solution seems to be - let them

Who's the fool.
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby Im_Spartacus » Thu May 07, 2015 10:34 pm

london blue 2 wrote:I read that thinking, how fucking long does it take for the penny to drop. He must be fucking stupid.

People wanna take tha piss and his solution seems to be - let them

Who's the fool.


Harsh? You are conditioned generally to see the best in people. Even when they've fucked up, I assume he's a religious man and forgiveness is in his nature. It's like how many chances a parent gives a kid whose going off the rails, you keep trying because it's your flesh and blood and because you hope against hope that they will do the right thing, even when you know deep down they probably won't.

I feel for him, shit situation, but as others have said, I bet it's all too common. The worst he's guilty of Is naivety
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby LookMumImOnMCF.net » Fri May 08, 2015 12:08 am

How can only God know how much $ he's giving people? Online banking mate, you can trace everything now.
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby Slim » Fri May 08, 2015 12:58 am

I think the only thing that's come from this is the fact Ade is paid too much money.
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby blue b4 the moon » Fri May 08, 2015 6:39 am

No wonder he's a nut job himself.
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby nottsblue » Fri May 08, 2015 7:07 am

A fool and his money......
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby Avalon » Fri May 08, 2015 2:11 pm

If this is true, it sucks a lot, however, it is not all the uncommon. I've read similar stories about poorer families trying to extort their richer family member out of money. Sadly, this happens a lot more in lesser developed countries.
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby CTID Hants » Fri May 08, 2015 3:12 pm

Im_Spartacus wrote:The worst he's guilty of Is naivety


Indeed, as he has just given mum & sister a chance to Tell their side ($$$$) of the story through the press.............
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby BlueinBosnia » Fri May 22, 2015 9:04 am

Two more updates from our man at the coalface:

SEA, here is another part of the story I have kept inside since. Today I feel the constant need to let it out. If I share my stories, it is because I believe every story comes with a lesson. And the lesson is for anyone that is reading this. This is about a brother who keeps saying today that I am not a good support for our family. His name is Rotimi Adebayor. At the age of 13, he did something very bad. He and I know what he did. Because of that our parents had to send him to a village far from the big city. When I started to be successful in football and I went to Togo for vacation; at that time one of my mother’s friend came from the village to visit us. As she explained how Rotimi was suffering in the village, I immediately asked them to bring him back into the city. As soon as he came back, I made sure I put him in school. For me that is normal.

In 2002, I went to play the AFCON in Mali and I had the huge privilege to swap my shirt with Marc-Vivien Foé. May his soul rest in peace. When I got back to Togo, I put that shirt in a secure place. My brother found a way to steal that shirt and sold it.

When I moved from Metz to Monaco, we reached an advanced stage in the Champions League and we played against Real Madrid. It was one of most beautiful day of my life because I was lucky enough to get a signed shirt from the football legend Zinedine Zidane. As I brought that shirt back to Togo, my brother still found a way to steal that shirt and sold it.

When I was in Metz, I was earning about €15,000 a month. I wanted to get something unique for my mom to thank her for all she did for me. I wanted to make her happy. So I decided to take an amount worth 3 months of my wages and I bought her a Cartier neckless for about €45,000. Rotimi and his friends Akim(@Yam Freedom) and Tao (@Sao Tao Oyawole) made a plan and stole that precious neckless. They sold it for about €800. When my mom and I found out, my mother asked me not to bother because he is the younger brother. Despite the situation, I would like to take this same occasion to wish all the mothers out there a Happy Mother’s Day!

In my house, I have a storage room where I keep some of my belongings when I travel back to Europe. I am the only one with that key but my brother managed to get a master key that was able to open every single door in the house. He frequently stole drinks and other items from that room.

After all this we kept saying “blood is thicker than water” and we moved on. Therefore, I decided to take him where I started my football in France. I brought him to a great football academy in France. You already know how this story ended. He stole cellphones from many of his teammates and they sacked him from the football academy. By the way, after I published the first story about him, he called me to say that he did not steal exactly 21 phones. He claimed that the number was lower than that. Still...Is that acceptable? He also added that I should be happy that he stole drinks and other items from my storage room. I asked him why and he replied: "Because I am your brother".

Jacques Songo’o who is now a retired Cameroonian footballer also had his son in the academy and he was a good friend of Rotimi. Let me add that he was part of my development as a footballer and he always gave me good advices. I was in Togo on my days off when Songo’ocalled me; he sounded very angry. He explained to me how my brother stole his son’s PSP. When I asked my brother why he did that, he argued that he forgot it in his bag. How can you forget someone else’s device in your bag and travel with it from France to Togo? Since that day, my relationship with Songo'o changed and he has become pretty distant with me and my family.

I was still in Monaco when I decided to collect all football boots from my teammates so I could give them to people in Africa. I had a huge bag full of shoes. I brought that bag to Togo. A few days after when I decided to give the boots out to the people in need, I noticed the bag full of boots disappeared. Later on, I found out that my brother was the one who stole the bag and went to sell the shoes in Hedzranawoé (famous public market in Togo).

One day, my mom called me early in the morning when I was still in bed. She told me that Rotimi has gotten a Visa to go to Dubai so he can play football out there. He had to leave that day with his friend Kodjovi (@Denilson de Souza) who was in the same situation. It was either they went that day or the Visa would be suspended. I asked one of my guys at the time (@Agui Mozino) to go find tickets for my brother and his friend. We could not find any economy class ticket on that day so I had to get them both first class tickets. After all, it was an opportunity for him to make his own career in Dubai. Only 4days later, Rotimi went back home. He explained how the lifestyle in Dubai was not made for him. He said he wasn’t free to do what he wanted to do because it is a strictly Muslim place. He couldn't drink, party as much as he wanted or kiss girls in public.

The part 3 is coming out soon and it will be about the man that calls himself the father of the family @Kola Adebayor A.K.A Lion of Judah.


SEA, if I decide to bring out the Part 3 today, it is because my brother @Kola Adebayor and my other siblings have decided to talk about our family issues on social medias, through letters to my club, radios…I could write an autobiography and sell it but I decided to share with you here.
25 years ago, my big older brother Kola went to Germany and he became the hope of our family. We all thought he could change the way we were living. Years after he left Togo, we still had no electricity and no phones. If he wanted to talk to us, he would call the Atlantic Hotel that was very close to our house. We would then run to the hotel reception and talk to him.

When I got the opportunity to go play football in France for the first time, we needed money to for the flight tickets and other expenses. My brother was nowhere to be found. Only God knows what he was doing in Germany.

When I arrived in France, I did all the paperwork with my team and they allowed me to stay in the academy. A few months later, my brother wanted to come visit me. I was running out of money and I was living at the academy. Therefore, I had to borrow money so I could pay for his hotel. At that time, my teammate Sega N’diaye from Cameroon was kind enough to lend me some money. I also had to borrow some more money because I had to give my brother some money for his trip back to Germany. Keep in mind he is my older brother.

A couple years later, things started to get better. Thank God, I signed a contract with Metz. Since then, my brother would contact me whenever it was time to pay his bills. Sometimes, he would say his son is sick… I had to get used to all this.

Again, I was lucky enough to get an offer from Monaco and I signed for the football club. One day, Kola and the late Peter Adebayor came to visit me in Monaco. My two brothers did not let me know they were coming. Someone said “blood is thicker than water” so I took them in. They arrived early in the morning and I was on my way to training. When I came back home, we had a discussion and they wanted to start a car business. Obviously, it involves a lot of money. I told them that I could help them out as soon as I get paid next. At that time, Thierry Mangwa was staying in my apartment because he was struggling with some personal issues and needed a place to stay. One day, I came back from training and he was crying. He never told me why. My brothers could also not explain. Another day, one of my friends Padjoe came to visit me and as he was leaving the house, I believe I offered him about €500. My brother Kola noticed that and was very upset. He was trying to understand why I gave my friend some money right away but not him. My reason was very simple; the money he (Kola) needed was a huge amount of money that I did not carry in my house. We went on and had an argument about it.

Another day, after training…I was very tired and decided to go take a nap. I woke up and a knife was held to my throat. As I opened my eyes, both of my brothers were there. They were shouting and they claimed that I was wasting their time. Peter was going mad and Kola was supporting. I asked them: “Is this the only way to solve this issue? I yes, then kill me and take the money”. It’s only at that moment that he put the knife down. After all this, I found a way out of my own apartment and I called my parents. My mom suggested that I call the police. That was the only way for me to get back into my house safely… I had training the next day, by the way. So I did what my mom said. Police came and they settled down. Again, “blood is thicker than water”, so I let it go. A few days after, Peter went to visit one of Kola’s friends in Paris. That means I was left in the house with Kola; for my own safety, I found a way to get him the money as soon as I could. Only God knows how much I gave him that day.

A few months after all this, I went back to Togo and I was surprised when my mom started to ask me why I called the police on my brothers, she continued and said I am the bad person in the family. That is another story I will leave for later…

Every time I went back home, everyone kept asking me why my brother never visited after all these years. Immediately, I organized a flight for him and he came back to visit the family, at my own expenses.

On April 22nd 2005, we received some bad news. I received a call and they announced that my father passed away. I was devastated. I called my big brother and told him that we all have to be there. Again I made sure there was a flight ticket ready for him. We all went back home and I took care of everything. A long time before my dad died, he was in the hospital one day and he asked me to make sure his funeral is not a moment of sadness. He wanted us to celebrate his life. I leave it to God to decide if the funeral I organized for my dad was what he wanted. The man who calls himself the “big man” in the family did not contribute to anything. But he still has the boldness to say I do not take care of this family.

In 2006, I had another big opportunity to go play for Arsenal. Since then, my brother has started to come up with series of false accusations against me.

On July 22nd, 2013 sad news hit us in the family. My brother Peter Adebayor passed away. His death was sad and I was affected by it. One thing I find difficult to swallow today is that Kola was accusing me of Peter’s death. He is saying that the shop I opened for Peter was not good enough. He kept texting saying that my career would be destroyed. I did everything for Peter when he was alive, I brought him to Metz, and Monaco with me. What can Kola say that he has done for Peter? Nothing. The man did not even show up at the funeral even after all the money I sent for the trip back home.

He is saying that I also made my mom suffer, but he forgot that when he was in Germany, at some point I was the one always by my mom’s side. As soon as I started to make a living with football, I did everything you could imagine for our mom. That is normal. But my brother is never satisfied. He said I bought a shitty car for my mom. Why can’t he buy a better one? All I want from him is to take his responsibilities. Since I am not doing it right, he should show the example as a big brother. He has been in Germany for more than 20 years, but he never brought our mother there to visit. Even to go back home for a visit is another struggle. All he keeps saying is that my father said I should build a house for each one of them. I don’t think my father said that. Does that even make sense for him or anyone? As a big brother, he is supposed to be doing all that I am doing for the family. He should stop hiding and take his responsibilities. When he came to Europe, he was young enough to become a football player too. Anyways, some people are drivers here but they are able to take care of their families. They even bring their parents and other family members. Why has he not done anything like that but he keeps talking? As a matter fact, he should at least bring Rotimi, Bidemi or his own son Aziz here before talking about “taking care of the family”. Actions are louder than speeches.

A lot of people are saying that I never went to school, but they forget that it is because we could not afford it. I never blamed my parents for that. But thank God, today I am able to speak more than 3 languages and I can send my daughter to school. I am proud of that. People can accuse me for not going to school, but in the end it is all about who you become and what you teach yourself. It is also about what life teaches you and what you learn from it.

Many times I wanted to give up. Ask my sister Iyabo Adebayor how many times I have called and was ready to commit suicide? I kept these stories for years… But If I die, no one would know my story, no one would learn from it… Some people say I should keep these stories private, but someone has to sacrifice himself; someone has to talk about it. I know people would relate to my story and others would learn from it. For every one who knows me, I’d do anything for my country and my people.

Final message from the younger brother to the older brother: Quit Smoking and Quit Drinking. That was my story.


He's now been given compassionate leave by Tottenham, according to reports.
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby CTID Hants » Fri May 22, 2015 10:31 am

BlueinBosnia wrote:
He's now been given compassionate leave by Tottenham, according to reports.


Tottenham’s Emmanuel Adebayor returns to Togo on compassionate leave
• Striker says he has contemplated suicide in Facebook post
• Spurs player also expected to miss club’s Far East tour
• Adebayor: arguments with siblings led to suicidal feelings
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Emmanuel Adebayor's season is over after he returned home to Togo on compassionate leave before Tottenham's final game of the season against Everton. Photograph: Ian Kington/AFP/Getty Images
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Emmanuel Adebayor will not be available for Tottenham’s final game of the season at Everton on Sunday after being allowed to return to his native Togo on compassionate grounds.

Adebayor published the latest in a series of lengthy Facebook posts this week in which he revealed he had contemplated suicide because of a family feud.

Concerns for the striker have prompted the Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino to step in on his behalf. The 31-year-old, who has already been granted compassionate leave once this season, is also set to miss the club’s tour of the Far East, and his future at the club must now be in doubt.

Adebayor has used his Facebook account three times to reveal his complicated family issues. In his first post earlier this month he accused his brother Rotimi of stealing mobile phones belonging to team-mates at a leading French football academy.

Adebayor’s third instalment on Wednesday was the most striking as he said arguments with his brothers Kola and Peter, who died in July 2012, drove him to consider taking his own life.

“Many times I wanted to give up,” Adebayor wrote. “Ask my sister Iyabo Adebayor how many times I have called and was ready to commit suicide. I kept these stories for years. But if I die, no one would know my story, no one would learn from it. Some people say I should keep these stories private, but someone has to sacrifice himself, someone has to talk about it.”

The bloke must be in a pretty dark place, very sad situation

Villa must be mad if they are after him though, with all the shit he's got going on i wouldn't want him playing for me
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby Ted Hughes » Fri May 22, 2015 3:23 pm

He's a fucking headtheball & the fact his family are a bunch of cunts is probably just par for the course; headtheball cunty family. If his sister was a famous singer & he had fuck all, he would probably be leeching of her, like he does most clubs he plays for.

I hope he doesn't top himself but ffs. My family are brilliant but if they were all cunts & I was fucking loaded, I'd just give them fuck all & have the time of my life playing football & shagging followed by blagging my way onto Sky Sports' cricket commentary team as guest comedy turn. Then travel around getting shitfaced, eating high quality food for fuck all, shagging, & watching cricket, as well as a bit of reggae, shit kicking rocknroll barbecued prawns, more shagging beaches, wine, fish, mountains, very fast boats etc etc.

If I was in a dark place, if would be because I had a fucking hangover of had drowned at a party.

Or he could give all his money to starving people & get a job at B&Q.

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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby Mase » Fri May 22, 2015 7:12 pm

I actually feel sorry for the guy!
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby Im_Spartacus » Fri May 22, 2015 7:49 pm

Mase wrote:I actually feel sorry for the guy!


I don't understand anyone who wouldn't feel sorry that someone has a life as bad as that
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby Mase » Fri May 22, 2015 8:19 pm

Im_Spartacus wrote:
Mase wrote:I actually feel sorry for the guy!


I don't understand anyone who wouldn't feel sorry that someone has a life as bad as that


Exactly. He must literally have no one in his life he can trust!
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby Im_Spartacus » Fri May 22, 2015 8:23 pm

Mase wrote:
Im_Spartacus wrote:
Mase wrote:I actually feel sorry for the guy!


I don't understand anyone who wouldn't feel sorry that someone has a life as bad as that


Exactly. He must literally have no one in his life he can trust!


People just think if ur a footballer, u must be devoid of feeling.
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby john@staustell » Thu Sep 22, 2016 1:34 pm

This may explain some of his bizarre fallings out of favour:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football/201 ... ring-tran/?

Emmanuel Adebayor drank and smoked during talks regarding a move to France, according to Lyon's manager.

The former Arsenal and Manchester City striker is a free agent after being released by Crystal Palace after just one season at the club.

Adebayor met with Lyon manager, Bruno Genesio, in France earlier this month to discuss the potential of a move to Ligue Un.

However Lyon pulled out of the deal leaving Adebayor perplexed and without a club for the season.

Now Bruno Genesio has revealed the deal feel through due to Adebayor's behaviour during talks.

“We had a place in our squad for Manu, so I arranged to meet him for a coffee in Lyon," said Genesio according to quotes in the Sun.

“But, to my surprise, when he arrived he asked for a shot of whisky in his coffee. He also had a cigarette hanging out of his mouth."

Adebayor had claimed Lyon pulled out of the deal after the Togo captain refused to pull out of playing in the African Cup of Nations in January 2017.

“Yesterday morning, Claude Le Roy, my Togo coach, told me that he had seen on television that I wasn't signing. I phoned my agent and he more or less confirmed it," said Adebayor.

“I had spoken to the coach. He asked me surprising questions. He wanted to know if I was married, had a child. But he only had to look on the internet.

"He asked me how I would speak to the young players at Lyon in case there were any problems, how I would see my role. It was like he didn't know me while we had already reached an agreement on a contract.

"For 15 years, I have been playing at the highest level, that I have worked with the best coaches in the world – Wenger, Mourinho, Deschamps, Mancini. He even asked me why it had not worked at Crystal Palace."

Adebayor was released by Crystal Palace after scoring just one goal in seven anonymous appearances for the club.

Fulham were understood to be keen on bringing the 32-year-old to Craven Cottage but failed to meet the striker's wage demands.
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby Robertoe » Thu Sep 22, 2016 1:46 pm

A serious waste of talent.....this guy could have gone on to be one of the greatest African strikers of all time.
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Re: The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Emmanuel Adebayor

Postby DoomMerchant » Thu Sep 22, 2016 3:02 pm

Robertoe wrote:A serious waste of talent.....this guy could have gone on to be one of the greatest African strikers of all time.


he had it all...both feet....head...decent touch...and could defend from the front really well when he wanted and was esp. good defensively on a set piece.

i'll never forget sitting at the Emirates in 2009 or so and watching him destroy us 2-0. And then being at the game where we spanked the Arse and he did his cunty run down the pitch. Made me damp. I've got a soft spot for Ade. It's a shame he's such an arrogant, spoiled, stupid fuck. Definitely a case of what could have been vs what was.

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