Emmanuel Adebayor plays down City threat

Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor does not feel under threat despite the arrival of more big-money signings this summer.

City have spent over £75million on David Silva, Yaya Toure, Jerome Boateng and Aleksandr Kolarov in recent weeks, while they continue to be linked with a move for Internazionale's £25million-rated striker Mario Balotelli.

However, Adebayor, a £25million signing from Arsenal last summer, has dismissed the threat posed to him by the influx of new players.

"A lot of good players are coming in but I still want to be number one striker and that is what I am trying to do," said the Togo striker.

Meanwhile, Adebayor has spoken of his zest for life following his involvement in the gun attack at January's Africa Cup of Nations which left three people dead.

"At the end of the day I am lucky to be alive and to be able to enjoy my football," he continued.

"Whenever I talk I am thinking about my team-mates after the gun attack. One got a bullet in his back and he was not even able to walk.

"We are lucky boys and that is why I am enjoying every minute of life.

"After the shooting it was quite difficult to forget about those things. People died in my hands. But what happened has happened and I will live with that until the end of my life.

"I have been away on holiday, two months of doing nothing, and now I am back I want to score a few goals to make me happy again."Subscribe to Football FanCast News Headlines by Email