Alan Pardew confirms Crystal Palace interest in this former Tottenham striker

ALAN Pardew has confirmed Crystal Palace’s interest in signing Emmanuel Adebayor.

 

Crystal Palace are the latest Premier League club to be linked with Adebayor

 

Adebayor, 31, is a free agent after being released by Tottenham in September and hasn’t played since May while his last goal came in October 2014.

But Palace manager Pardew admits the striker is one of a number of players he is considering to boost his side’s goal threat after a series of injuries to the Eagles’ current forwards.

Pardew’s side have failed to score in their last four league games.

 

And the manager said: “Adebayor is a player that is there for somebody and it is a question of ourselves looking a that one and wondering where the right club for him is and whether he is the right player for us.

“It’s something that is in our mix and we’ll have to wait and see. It’s like anything, you want to try and bring in a quality player and so therefore you can’t dismiss anyone or you can’t not think about all the strikers that are possibly available.

“Because of course 90 per cent of them are not available, they’re at clubs and they’re on good contracts and the clubs want them because they are successful. 

 

“There are not many who have not been in the first team. It is a very, very small market for us and we are focusing on that. 

“Adebayor is in that group. Not just for us but many teams in the Premier League to wonder whether that is something you can do a deal with.”

But Pardew insists he has not yet had chance to discuss a deal with the Togo striker.

He added: “He’s in the group, we haven’t gone any further than thinking about him.”