Emmanuel Adebayor has scored six goals since Tim Sherwood succeeded Andre Villas-Boas (Picture: Getty)

Emmanuel Adebayor admits his Tottenham career hit an all-time low under Andre Villas-Boas, with his own family telling him he was ‘rubbish’.

The striker found life tough under the stewardship of Villas-Boas, being outcast from the Spurs side and made to train for a period with the reserves.

But Adebayor has been given a new lease of life since Tim Sherwood took the reins at White Hart Lane, scoring six goals in eight appearances.

‘I was right at the bottom of the hole’, Adebayor told The Sun. ‘Even people in my own country, people from my own family, criticised me. It can’t get worse than that.




‘They said, “You’re rubbish and whatever you did before in your career was luck.”

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Emmanuel Adebayor was cast aside by Andre Vilals-Boas (Picture: Reuters)

‘But the new coach [Sherwood] trusted me. He gave me the keys to all the doors of the club and said, “Do what you want to do and make yourself at home”.’

Adebayor joined Spurs permanently in the summer of 2012 following a year-long loan spell in north London, but despite a good two seasons at the club, it looked as though his Tottenham days were numbered just a few short weeks ago.

But with the imminent departure of Jermain Defoe to Toronto and the wayward form of summer arrival Roberto Soldado, Adebayor could yet be the focus of Spurs’ attack for the remainder of the season.

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