Adebayor: Wenger still the man for Gunners
Adebayor: Wenger still the man for Gunners
Emmanuel Adebayor has backed Arsene Wenger's 'vision' for Arsenal - and declared the Gunners will come out fighting 'like a killer' for the Premier League title next season.
Wenger conceded the end of his team's ambitions for the season following defeat at leaders Manchester United yesterday, which left Arsenal nine points off the pace with only four games to play.
Having also lost a dramatic Champions League quarter-final against Liverpool last week, the Gunners - knocked out of the FA Cup at Old Trafford and in the Carling Cup semi-finals by eventual winners Tottenham - are set for another campaign without a trophy.
Nevertheless, French coach Wenger, 58, continues to hold unquestioning belief his young side can deliver and feels they will be stronger from the experience of what has been a rollercoaster season, with Arsenal once five points clear at the top of the table before losing striker Eduardo da Silva to a horrific broken leg at the end of February.
Adebayor, who put the Gunners ahead at Old Trafford only to see the champions fight back, maintains the man who brought Arsenal three league titles and four FA Cups, as well as an appearance in the 2006 Champions League final, has not lost his touch.
'Arsene is a great man and a great manager,' declared Adebayor, who now has 20 Premier League goals this season.
'He has achieved a lot of things with this club. For sure he is going to be here.
'He has a vision to bring a lot of good players to this club like Alex Hleb, Kolo Toure, Emmanuel Eboue, Cesc Fabregas and William Gallas. They are his players. So, for sure, we will win something, no doubt about that.'
Adebayor, 24, continued: 'We will never give up. Last season we finished fourth so we have made a lot of progress and we deserved something.
'I still believe we are still one of the best teams in the world. We know how to achieve things and we know how to play football.
'But next season we have to come out like a killer to do something. We have the quality.'
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