Harry Redknapp admits Man City loanee Emmanuel Adebayor will have to take a massive pay-cut if he is to remain at Spurs next season.
Striker would have to take huge pay-cut to remain at Lane
Tottenham manager Harry Redknapp admits Manchester City loanee Emmanuel Adebayor will have to take a massive pay-cut if he is to remain at White Hart Lane next season.
Adebayor has played a key role in helping Spurs turn around their season. Since he signed on loan from City, the Londoners have lost just once and they can move level with the forward's parent club at the top of the Premier League on Saturday if they beat Wolves at home.
The Togo frontman has struck up a good understanding with Rafael van der Vaart to keep top goalscorer Jermain Defoe out of the team and is keen to make his move to North London permanent.
Spurs' top earners are thought to be on roughly £70,000 a week - about a third of what Adebayor receives at the Etihad Stadium, and Redknapp summed up the gulf in spending power between the two clubs by saying: "He has done well for us. He has worked hard but he is on amazing money.
"The other week, one of the lads told him that he had not paid his £50 fine for being the worst player in training on a Friday morning. One of the lads said to him: 'Bl**dy hell, Ade, you are on 200 grand a week and you can't afford to pay a £50 fine!' He replied: 'Don't insult me, it's 225!'"
The laughter that followed the anecdote was followed up by a serious message from Redknapp, who admitted: "He certainly isn't getting that here."
Spurs' resurgence started when they Adebayor scored on his debut to help the club beat Wolves 2-0 at Molineux in September.
Since then Redknapp's men have lost just once and have only drawn three times in their following 17 games.
