The strange story of Adebayor in Paraguay: four games, a killer foul and now… he wants half a million!

Emmanuel Adebayor never ceases to amaze. In the middle of the world lockdown, the former Arsenal striker had been quite controversial, explaining that no one could ask for donations from him, despite many famous colleagues (he had mentioned Drogba and Eto’o) had paid a lot of money for the fight against the coronavirus. And then a social page linked to him had well thought of posting a video with all the footballer’s luxury cars, another not too popular stunt in a period of global crisis. Now, just so as not to miss anything, there is also a twist more closely linked to football.

FOUR MATCHES – It all concerns his arrival in Paraguay, in 2020, to play for the Olimpia Asuncion shirt. The Togolese had decided to try the adventure in South America on the advice of his great friend Roque Santa Cruz, whom he met at the time of Manchester City. On balance, however, given the blockade of the championships due to the pandemic in that strange year, his history with Olimpia lasted only four games, two in the league and two in Libertadores. For the center forward not even a goal, but on the other hand he too managed to be expelled in the continental match against Defensa y Justicia for a karate intervention against an opponent. Then came the termination, with the club’s decision not to return the player, who at the same time had returned to Togo, Paraguay for health reasons.

DEBT – Now, however, the question is topical again, because, as he explains Olè, Adebayor is ready to go back to the Olimpia headquarters, but … to beat money. In fact, the center forward claims that the club owes him a figure that is around 500 thousand dollars, a debt that according to him the most successful team in Paraguay has never paid. For its part, Olimpia explains that there is no such debt and that it has no intention of paying even a cent to the Togolese. Who is taking it worse is certainly the fans, who had dreamed of seeing him arrive in 2020 and who were largely disappointed. Someone, says the Argentine newspaper, is doing the math and believes that … 125 thousand dollars per game is a bit too much. Even for someone who has played for Real Madrid!