Adebayor stays with Arsenal

Emmanuel Adebayor has signed a contract with the Arsenal team. The 24-year-old, who smashed 30 goals last season, had been sending out mixed messages over his future during the summer, with AC Milan and Barcelona both showing more than a passing interest in the £35million-rated striker. However, Adebayor - plucked from Monaco in January 2006 - has dismissed all the rumours as pure conjecture and confirmed he would be staying with the Gunners. Adebayor, though, is not resting on his laurels. "When I was on holiday I never went on to the internet, I never read the newspapers, so to be honest I was with my family so my phone was off, so I didn't know what was happening," he said. "When I came back I realised what was happening - but, you know, the thing has happened already so now the most important thing is behind me and I will show everyone this club has given me a lot of things. "I have four more years' contract. I am very happy that we have found a solution to stay here and my heart is with Arsenal. Adebayor has his sights set high: "What we hope to achieve is the title and the Champions League. "It is true we are young - but we know that if we put our hearts together and we work as a family we can achieve something." The move will have come as welcome news to manager Arsene Wenger, who certainly could have done without another player leaving the club after seeing Mathieu Flamini, Alexander Hleb and Gilberto depart. Yet despite adding 21-year-old France playmaker Samir Nasri, Welsh teenager Aaron Ramsey and Portugal Under-21 midfielder Amaury Bischoff, the Arsenal manager concedes he would prefer to bring in another "experienced" body before the transfer deadline at the end of the month.

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ITN | August 2, 2008

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