Tottenham would only want Manchester City’s Emmanuel Adebayor on loan – Harry Redknapp

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp has revealed he is interested in Manchester City forward Emmanuel Adebayor but only on a loan basis.

Redknapp has made no secret of his desire to bring the former Arsenal man to White Hart Lane, with the striker out of the first-team picture at City after returning from a loan spell at Real Madrid.

However, if the 27-year-old were to return to north London, it would only be on a temporary basis, according to Redknapp.

He told Sky Sports News: “Adebayor is a name that’s been thrown at me since I’ve been here, but I think the club were looking maybe to loan him, that was as far as that one had gone.

“So I don’t see a permanent deal being in any shape or form for Adebayor. I think it was just we were looking to get him on loan for a season.

“But where that’s at? The chairman is dealing with that back home so I’m not sure.

“And other than that I couldn’t give you any names because we haven’t got too many.

“It’s difficult when you’ve got good players – we’ve got lots of good players – to improve on them, so finding players better than what we’ve got is difficult.”