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Emmanuel Adebayor has returned to training at Manchester City as the stand-off with Spurs over his £175,000-a-week wages continued.

The two clubs agreed a £5million fee last week for the Togo striker in a deal which will see the champions relinquish all financial ties with him.

But Adebayor remains unwilling to take a pay cut on the salary he is due to get over the next two years if he stays at City.

Spurs chairman Daniel Levy has also refused to budge on the amount he is prepared to pay the 28-year-old star, who spent last season on loan at White Hart Lane.

Adebayor has other loan offers, but City are only interested in a permanent deal to get him out of the club.

The Blues are stepping up their bid to find homes for the strikers at the club who are currently surplus to requirements.

Roque Santa Cruz is attracting interest from Spain, while Edin Dzeko is being linked with AC Milan - who just sold Zlatan Ibrahomivic to Paris Saint-Germain - and Bayern Munich.

Meanwhile, Spurs are signing Manchester United rebel Ezekiel Fryers – and hope to avoid a transfer war with Sir Alex Ferguson.

The young left-back turned up at Spurs on Wednesday, a fortnight after walking out on Fergie’s club at the end of his contract.

Fryers, a highly-rated Manchester-born 19-year-old, was in limbo as the clubs tried to sort out a fee, but is expected to join in time to be in Andre Villas-Boas’ squad for the trip to America.

Spurs want to agree a ­compensation figure with United and hope to reach a compromise quickly.

Fryers could have moved abroad for a minimal fee, but Ferguson has been hoping for a major sum from Premier League top-four rivals Spurs.

The tall defender is tipped for a swift rise to the first team and is keen to move as he will have more chance of regular games.

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