We made a huge profit and it appears there were definitely issues between him and his team mates, the reasons for the trade is justified. No matter what a success he becomes the sale will still be justified because of the team mates issue. The only thing that Arsene may regret is selling him to what evidently now seems to be a close rival.

He wanted a big tranfer fee that only City were willing to pay and retrospectively that now appears to be a gamble. Time will tell whether it was one worth taking. I cannot envision us missing out on the top four even if City break into it, so if that is the case from a finacial perspective it may be worth it. But if the missing quality of Adebayor is the difference between us winning the title or some other trophy then I suppose the 25 million would seem of little consequence. Conveniently for Arsene his quality is unquantifiable and the fans hate him so much they will never get on Arsene back for selling our most effective CF, but he will get it anyway for not replacing him.

All of us can speculate what led to his trade, but certainty of the issues is in doubt. Ade has the opportunity to prove Arsenal and their fans wrong OR he can confirm reasons for the trade.

Time will be the best barometer for our analysis.

BBC Match of the Day (19/09/09) did a little bit on Eboue. It was just a brief comment on his form/treatment by the supporters in the Wigan Athletic of last December and his performance last Saturday with video to back up their observations. Their conclusion, he’s done his ‘talking’ on the pitch and not anywhere else. Most good.

Adebayor does not owe Arsenal and particularly Arsenal fans anything. Arsenal bought him for cheap to work for them, they did not bring him to give him a better life or better career. He was getting far less than any other first team top 4 striker when he came, so he was working for cheap. Arsenal then agreed to sell him for £25 mill when it appears he never even asked for a transfer. I think we have profited from Adebayor’s acquistion, his hardwork and ability has got him the profile and reputation he has today as one of the best strikers in the league. Yes, the transfer to such a big club helped to raise his profile also, but that was for our benefit not a favour to him as some fans seem to imply.

I see no reason why Titi should get involved and make a public statement maybe he is unaware of the provocation Ade received. If the fans were singing songs with racist connotations and calling his mother a whore all game I would think Titi would have shown his angst in someway or other. And really cares about the perception of “class” from a bunch of classes fans who showed how classless they were whilst singing that disgusting song and behaving like caged animals after the Ade celebration. Titi was hardly classy when he used to visibly scowl at his teammates when they made a wrong move so he is one to talk.