- The Guardian, Wednesday July 9 2008
Arsenal have written to Milan offering to open talks about the transfer of Emmanuel Adebayor, according to the Italian club's vice president, Adriano Galliani. But although the Rossoneri are interested in the 24-year-old, for whom Arsenal are seeking about £35m, the striker remains more likely to move to Barcelona.
"I will reveal to you a scoop," Galliani told an interviewer on Italian television last night. "I have received a letter from Arsenal that says: 'Following our communication of June 13, in which we informed you we were not willing to deal over Adebayor, now we are writing to tell you that we will consider a deal if it still interests you.' If Adebayor decides to leave Arsenal we are certainly interested, but it is clear that if an offer arrives from Barcelona it would be difficult for him to say no."
