What of those players who crossed the great divide, and played for both Spurs and Arsenal, surely none can have survived unscathed?
Oddly enough, the picture is more varied than might seem the case on first appearances. Some attract utter loathing, of course, some pity perhaps but for others it hardly seems an issue and at least one player is probably adored by both sets of fans (though smugly we can attest, mostly ourselves!).
Whether it’s more one thing than another has less to do with talent, it would appear, and more to do with personality. Traditional values like integrity, respect and humility play a significant part.
Emmanuel Adebayor
Adebayor somehow fell out with most players he played with, most clubs he represented and, let’s be honest, most fans whose hopes and dreams he carried with such reckless abandon. He scored freely (certainly did against us and not just for Arsenal but the likes of Real Madrid too) at the start of his time for most clubs but seemed to regress always to training with kids or on his own. Granted you want a striker to be selfish but, without question, he put his own interests above those of the team time after time. Surprisingly called up by Togo even last month, there was never a lot of love felt by any of the clubs he represented by the time he left.
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