Wednesday 4 February 2015 14:31, UK
West Ham midfielder Alex Song would have relished chance to play with former Arsenal team-mate Emmanuel Adebayor had the Tottenham striker’s Deadline Day transfer gone through.
West Ham looked set to bring Adebayor to Upton Park on loan but the deal collapsed late on Monday night.
Song, who played alongside Adebayor at Arsenal, said it was a shame the striker would not be joining West Ham.
“I think if he was coming it would be very good for us – he is a great player,” Song told Sky Sports News HQ.
“I played with him for five years, I know what he can do. So when someone told me he had the potential to come to West Ham I was very happy because this kind of player can help us contribute to doing very well in the league – we need a person just like this.
“It didn’t happen but now I want just to tell him good luck. We just have to focus now, just to do our job very well.
“We know we have good players, a good squad, but there’s something we didn’t have…we were looking to have more players come in but we didn’t have them. So we just have to focus on the players we’ve got.
“Every time (after transfer deadlines) it’s good when you have players coming in, trying to help, but we didn’t get it. Now we just have to look forward and play like we have.”
Adebayor’s move reportedly fell though because Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy refused to allow Adebayor to move to Upton Park.
Levy’s reported refusal to subsidise the loan sparked comments from West Ham co-chairman David Gold on Twitter.
Gold tweeted: “Sorry for keeping you up late but at the last moment the main deal collapsed and the rest folded like a pack of cards. Stay strong.
“I'd like to thank David Sullivan and Sam (Allardyce) for their efforts to secure new players during this window.
“However no matter how hard you tried there are people out there that you just can't do business with. Dg”
