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29 June 2011<\/p>\n

Emmanuel Adebayor says he is not interested in joining Zenit St. Petersburg despite a bumper offer to sign him from English club Manchester City.<\/p>\n

The Russian side slapped in an offer to sign the ex-Togo international from the English side last week.<\/p>\n

Friends close to the striker have told MTNFootball.com that Zenit are ready to offer him a better deal than the bumper salary he receives at Man City.<\/p>\n

But the lanky striker, who currently resides in Ghana, says he is not interested in playing in the Russian top-flight.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have nothing against Russia, but I don\u2019t see myself playing in the Russian league,” Adebayor said at his charity event in the northern part of Ghana.<\/p>\n

\u201cI once even dated a Russian lady so the question of me having some hatred for the country is out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Real Madrid were interested in signing Adebayor to a permanent deal after he spent six months on loan at the club last season.<\/p>\n

But the terms offered by the Spanish giants have not been accepted by Manchester City which has prompted other teams to express interest.<\/p>\n

His huge annual salary believed to be \u00a37m has proved to be a stumbling block to many teams who are interested in signing him.<\/p>\n

There have been reports of a frosty relationship with City coach Mancini after he was left on the bench of the English side for most part of last season.<\/p>\n

Adebayor insists he will happily return to Manchester City if no suitable offer to prise him away for the Premier League comes.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I have to go back to City, I will do it with pleasure,\u201d Adebayor said when he commissioned two projects he personally financed to provide clean water for two deprived communities in Ghana.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people thought my form had dipped that was why I had limited playing time in London, but I proved them wrong when I joined Madrid.\u201d<\/p>\n

Adebayor commissioned the projects in the towns of Hamile and Koro in the northern part of Ghana.<\/p>\n

The women and children in the two towns had to walk for six miles\u00a0every day\u00a0to a river to get water to their daily chores which has affected child education in the area.<\/p>\n

The water project will ease the water problems for the two towns while preventing disease they contracted while drinking the water from the river.<\/p>\n

Adebayor was officially named as a son of the two towns and was given a sheep to thank him for his kind gesture.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n

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