Emmanuel Adebayor has completed a £5m move to Tottenham Hotspur from Manchester City.
The Togo striker impressed during a loan spell with Spurs last season, scoring 17 Premier League goals.
Adebayor’s Spurs record
Games: 37
Goals: 18
Assists: 12
Yellow cards: 8
Adebayor will be among the top-earners at White Hart Lane, but City will subsidise the 28-year-old’s wage, having paid him £175,000 per week.
The former Arsenal man revealed the news on Twitter: Tottenham here I come! I’m hungry for goals. Get ready.”
Adebayor had two years to run on his City contract, having been sent out on loan for most of the previous two seasons to Real Madrid and then Spurs.
“I am pleased to be signing for Spurs on a permanent basis after finally agreeing my departure with Manchester City,” Adebayor added.
“It may have taken longer than expected but I am delighted to be back at Tottenham Hotspur. I really enjoyed my time here last season and I am hoping we can achieve great things together again.”
It is understood Spurs refused to break their strict wage structure to accommodate Adebayor. But with the player refusing to accept a big pay-cut, the Premier League champions were forced to accept having to continue to pay the player the difference between his new wage of around £80,000 and his earnings at City in order to complete the deal.
The development completes a protracted saga, which has dragged on throughout the summer after a disagreement over Adebayor’s right to a loyalty bonus pay-off from City
Queens Park Rangers have agreed an initial fee of £7.5m for Tottenham Hotspur defender Michael Dawson.
The England international has yet to undergo a medical but has agreed to the move in principal, after being told he would be third-choice centre back at Spurs this season.
The proposed deal could eventually be worth up to £10m.
Nottingham Forest will be due 10% of the fee from a sell-on clause inserted when they sold Dawson to Spurs in 2005.
Rangers manager Mark Hughes moved to try to sign Dawson after his side were hammered 5-0 by Swansea at Loftus Road on the opening day of the season.
The defender, who has won four caps for England, was not a regular under former Spurs manager Harry Redknapp last season but is fit again after rupturing a ligament in his right ankle in March.
Sebastien Bassong, Dawson’s former Tottenham team-mate, left Spurs earlier on Tuesday after agreeing a three-year deal with Norwich City
BBC