Emmanuel Adebayor Unhappy by Lyon's "Ridiculous Excuse" to Cancel Transfer

African Cup of Nations 2017 - Togolese skipper Emmanuel Adebayor move to Olympique Lyon was almost done, but failed due to Emmanuel Adebayor's participation in the upcoming African Cup of Nations in 2017 and the fact that he was not eligible to play on the group stage of Champions League.

Emmanuel Adebayor

The Togolese skipper stressed that the reasoning in the French "L'Equipe" as "ridiculous" and said: "This is nonsense. They came to me after we qualified, they knew that I'm going to play. I am the captain of my country, as I do not want to play there? What if a Frenchman would have refused to play in the Euro? "

Lyon wanted me a private jet to Lome; send (capital of Togo editor's note. But Lomé is not Paris, there are not flights every 30 minutes.  I arrived on Friday at 10:30 am to talk to the coach. I thought it would be only a medical check before signing, "said Adebayor.

"imagined surprising questions. He wanted to know if I'm married, if I have a child. He would just have to look only online. He wanted to know how I would talk to the younger players when things are not going well -. I knew that there was no agreement - said Adebayor "

Adebayor previously played for among others Crystal Palace, Tottenham, Manchester City, Real Madrid and Arsenal. Lyon was his first stop in France since his departure from the AS Monaco in January 2006. According to the striker well Chiefscout Florian Maurice stood in the transfer in the way.

"Genesio is afraid of Maurice. I wanted to watch the area to soak up the atmosphere, but he said that he needed to speak to Florian. Imagine, Wenger would ask someone at Arsenal if he could give me a tour of the training ground. "

However, how the transfer failed remains crystal clear. "If they did not want me, then why this ridiculous excuse?" To remain Adebayor one of the world's most valuable striker without a club.