Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor too expensive for Marseille – report

Miguel Flaño, Adebayor, Osasuna, Real Madrid (Getty Images)

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For all the latest reports and transfer rumours, visit our dedicated section here.Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor will not be joining Marseille this summer due to his astronomical wage demands, according to La Provence.

The Togolese international looks set to depart Eastlands this summer on a permanent basis, with Roberto Mancini deeming the former Arsenal man surplus to requirements.

However, Adebayor will not be joining Marseille for the beginning of next season despite his representatives holding preliminary talks with the club.

The 27-year-old is believed to earn €160,000 a week (£142,000) at the Premier League club and is unwilling to take a significant wage drop.

Adebayor spent the second half of last season on loan at Real Madrid yet the La Liga giants chose to let the player return to the Citizens, declining to exercise their option to purchase the striker for €15 million (£13.3m).

Zenit St Petersburg and Juventus have also been linked with moves for Adebayor, although the player himself ruled out a move to the Russian champions earlier this week.

He previously played under Marseille coach Didier Deschamps during his spell at Monaco between 2003 and 2006.