Emmanuel Adebayor's Deadline Day move to West Ham was vetoed by Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy - because he didn’t want to pay him to play for one of their rivals in the top 4 race.
As MirrorFootball online exclusively revealed, the Hammers entered the bidding for striker Adebayor on Monday morning after Adebayor rejected offers from Stoke, Crystal Palace, West Brom and Queens Park Rangers.
With the 30-year-old keen to stay in London, West Ham were confident of pulling off a surprise deal.
They
were told, however, that while Spurs were prepared to subsidise the
deal for the other London clubs, they would have to stump up all of the
frontman’s £100,000-a-week wages.
West Ham were willing to pay only £50,000-a-week, and Adebayor refused to take a pay cut.
Just
six points currently separate the two clubs, and while Tottenham are
desperate to get Adebayor off their books, they did not want him to come
back to haunt them by helping West Ham’s bid to qualify for the
Champions League.
French champions Paris Saint-Germain and Italians Roma made attempts to sign him last week but both fell down.
That left QPR and Stoke keen to do a deal
- either on loan or permanent - but Adebayor steadfastly refused to go,
even though he knows he is well down the pecking order at Spurs.
It leaves Adebayor stuck at Tottenham and facing an uncertain future.
He
knows the club were actively trying to get rid of him and he has fallen
out with the Spurs fans after criticising the atmosphere at White Hart
Lane.
With 18 months left on his contract, he could now be left in limbo.
Meanwhile, in-form striker Harry Kane signed a five-and-a-half year contract worth around £45,000-a-week.
The
21-year-old, whose form may be further rewarded by an England call-up
next month, tweeted: “Very happy to have signed my contract at Spurs!
Excited for the future ahead.”
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