Touch football: Adebayor, left, is confident he play his way into Villas-Boas’ plans (Picture: AFP/Getty)

Emmanuel Adebayor insists he is happy at Tottenham and plans to become Andre Villas-Boas’ first-choice striker despite being bottom of the pile now.

Roberto Soldado, who cost £26million when he joined from Valenica in the summer, is likely to start Saturday’s Premier League home game against Norwich and Erik Lamela, the £30m club-record signing from Roma, should also feature.

Jermain Defoe is also ahead of former Manchester City and Arsenal striker Adebyaor, who was linked with a move away from White Hart Lane throughout the last transfer window.

Heart and Sol: Adebayor could have his work cut out to dislodge Soldado from AVB’s first XI (Picture: Getty)

But the Togo international said: ‘I decided with my manager, even before the start of the transfer window that I would not leave Tottenham and that’s what I did.




‘I have never thought of leaving Spurs. I am here, my family feels great here and I do not see myself in another city.’

Adebayor is confident he will eventually become Tottenham’s first-choice striker and added: ‘Today I will not tell you that I’m stronger than Soldado or Defoe or Lamela.

‘We now have four in the attack, I do not know who ranks first, second or third but I know at the end I will be the first and it is the most important.’