The Tottenham Hotspur manager Harry Redknapp has confirmed the club is in talks with Manchester City over a move for Emmanuel Adebayor. Adebayor fell out with the City manager Roberto Mancini last season and the Italian has made it clear the £25m striker has no future at the club.

Spurs and City have been in negotiations over a possible deal, with Adebayor's reported £170,000 weekly salary proving to be the only real stumbling block. Redknapp hopes to seal a move for the striker soon, saying: "The chairman is talking to City about the player but where they are at I genuinely don't know."

Adebayor spent the second half of last season on loan at Real Madrid, where he scored twice against Tottenham in the Champions League quarter-final first leg between the two teams at the Bernabéu. During that match Spurs fans chanted abusive songs at the former Arsenal forward, but the player said this summer the songs would not put him off signing for Redknapp's team.

Redknapp has been in the market for a striker all summer after Peter Crouch, Jermain Defoe and Roman Pavlyuchenko all failed to score regularly last season. The deal being negotiated with City is thought to be a loan deal, with the possibility of a permanent transfer at the end of the season.

Redknapp has been linked with other strikers this summer, including Twente's Bryan Ruiz. Redknapp was in Holland to watch the Costa Rica international score in Twente's 2-2 draw with Benfica on Tuesday, but admits a deal for the forward is unlikely as he is more concerned about adding to his midfield, which has been hit by injuries to key players.

"I went and watched the game and watched him play," Redknapp said, speaking ahead of Thursday's Europa League play-off first leg against Hearts at Tynecastle. "He is a good player but we are more desperate in other areas. I don't think anything is going to happen. He's a good player that I have watched before. I just like going to watch football matches so I thought I'd just go and see the game."

Redknapp is facing an injury crisis ahead of the tie in Edinburgh with six of his midfielders unavailable. One of those players is Luka Modric, who has a groin injury. Chelsea are set to return with a new £30m-plus offer for the Croatian, but Redknapp said the club's stance that the 25-year-old will not be sold has not changed.