Internationals news – Adebayor considers quit 25 March, 2007

Emmanuel Adebayor has said he’s thinking about his future with Togo after receiving death threats. Ade scored twice in the 3-1 win over Sierra Leone in the African Cup qualifiers. The night before the game he got death threats but went on and proved to be a vital player in the game. Obviously now Emmanuel must be a little worried but I don’t think he is too bothered, he’s going to have a think about his international future but I think his won, and his family’s, safety will come first. Here’s what he had to say:

“I am only trying to put certain things right and correct a few mistakes in Togolese football but it appears some people do not like it. Now I am going to go back to Arsenal to think about my future. I have to protect my life and I have a family to look after.”

Hopefully it all works out fine for Ade but he is in a bit of a dilemma now. He’s pretty much certain to start in next week’s crucial game at Anfield and he’ll need to get all these negative thoughts out of his head until then.

The only news about today is on the weeks internationals so I suppose I’ll just have to talk about that. There are no reported injuries so far which is a relief. Senderos got 90 minutes, and Djourou 45, in Switzerland’s 2-0 win over Jamaica. The euro 2008 co-hosts were going through a bad patch of form but this win gets them on the right track. Justin Hoyte came on as a sub in England U21′s game against Italy. It was the first ever game at the new Wembley and what a game it was. It featured the first hat trick at the new stadium and I think the quickest goal in both the new and old Wembley; and it top that all off it was done by the same guy. David Bentley became the first Englishman to score with his free kick. It ended 3-3 and it was quite a game that 55,700 witnessed.

Cesc Fabregas has said this season has not been good enough. We’re out of ever competition and with not winning anything last year either Cesc is not impressed. Here’s what Cesc said:

“To be so many points behind United is not good enough. It was so disappointing to go out of the Champions League to PSV Eindhoven. We had the chances to beat them. After reaching the final last year I thought we could go all the way again and win it this time. It’s hard to imagine that a few weeks ago we were still in all the competitions – the Champions League, FA Cup and through to the Carling Cup final. But now we are out of everything.”

This is exactly what was on the fans minds and I suppose it’s good that Cesc is on thinking the same thing. Obviously we’d like to have won something this year after last season’s disappointment but I’m pretty confident the Arsenal trophy cabinet will be filling up shortly. Next year I think the Carling Cup will be a possibility again, the Premiership I think we will put a lot more pressure on Chelsea and Man United if we’re not so unlucky with our injuries and the Champions League? Well that’s just all about luck at the end of the day.

That’s it for today, I’d just like to apologise for yesterday, writing exactly the same thing as everyone else did about Gallas. I really should pay more attention to news now. Hope you’re having a relaxing Sunday.