Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor has ended any lingering doubts about his future by signing a new long-term contract with the Gunners.Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has called for the club's fans to get behind striker Emmanuel Adebayor, who has ended speculation over his future by signing a new contract. After the 24-year-old put pen to paper on a new deal, Wenger said: "We have to get behind him and support him because he is a tremendous force and (is of) tremendous importance for the team - you want your own fans to be behind him. What happened in the transfer period did not always reflect his deep desire and there was manipulation from agents on both sides, but overall I am positive he will recover."
The 24-year-old Togo international had been strongly linked with a move to either AC Milan or Barcelona this summer, but Adebayor announced that he was set to pen a new deal at the start of the month. Adebayor's new contract is reported to be worth around £80,000 a week and is set to tie the striker to Arsenal until at least 2012.
He had told the club's official website: "Now I can tell everyone that, yes, I will sign a contract. I'm feeling very good here, very well here, and at the moment my heart is with Arsenal. I never told anyone I would be leaving this club, never ever. I'm very happy we've found a solution. I have three years left on my contract and I'm putting two or three years more, so I'm very happy being part of this family."Adebayor has scored 47 goals in 107 appearances for Arsenal since his arrival from Monaco in January 2006.
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