Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor snubs Zenit interest

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Manchester City’s Emmanuel Adebayor has dismissed a potential move to Zenit St Petersburg after the Russian side registered their interest in the striker earlier this week.

Adebayor spent the second half of last season on loan at Real Madrid, after enduring a stuttering start to the campaign at Eastlands.

City are set to lose a significant part of their £25 million outlay as they look to offload the 27-year-old this summer, although his high wage demands have proved a stumbling block for any permanent switch to the Bernabeu.

“I want to make it clear in Africa, today, that there is no chance of me going to Zenit, so I think I have to be very clear to everyone that I, Adebayor Sheyi Emmanuel, will never be going to Zenit,” Adebayor told Boss FM.

Despite the snub, Adebayor believes a potential move to Russia could be a possibility in the future.

“I even have an ex-girlfriend who is from Russia so there is nothing about Russia.

“I love the country but I dont think I can see myself playing in the Russia league.

“There is nothing bad about Russia, but I cannot see myself there playing football at the moment.”

Adebayor is confident he has nothing to prove within the game and feels there is no pressure that accompanies his price tag.

“I just want to keep on enjoying my life,” he said.

“I don’t have anything to prove to anybody anymore in football. I have done a lot of things in football.

“I have scored important goals and played in big games so for me, in my head, I don’t have any pressure at all.”

The striker believes his loan spell at Jose Mourinho’s side was a success and concedes he would be happy to remain at Eastlands next season.

“If I have to go to Man City, I will do that with pleasure and if I have to stay in Madrid, I will stay with pleasure because at the end of the day, what is important is, I want to play,” he said.

“When I was not playing at Manchester City, I knew there were lots of criticism and people were saying maybe I was not really good enough to play football and you know when I joined Madrid, I proved everyone that they were wrong so for me today, I’m very happy for that and it doesn’t really matter where I’m going to next season.

“Right now, I’m enjoying my holidays and I leave the rest of the job in my manager’s hand.

“He is there to find me a club, that is his job.”