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Emmanuel Adebayor is refusing to be forced out of Tottenham after becoming involved in a transfer stand-off.

Striker Adebayor has been frozen out of Spurs' first team, and chairman Daniel Levy is trying to offload him in the current winter window.

Adebayor has not played for Spurs since November 9, and was subsequently granted compassionate leave to go back to Africa to deal with a family matter. He has also been injured.

But while he is now fit, he is not currently in manager Mauricio Pochettino's first team set-up.

There has been interest from Turkish clubs including Galatasaray and Besiktas - but Adebayor has been reluctant to go there - and Italy.

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The 30-year-old former Arsenal and Manchester City forward is on £100,000-a-week at the White Hart Lane club, has 18 months left on his deal and will see out his contract but does want to be playing on a more regular basis.

Spurs may be willing to loan Adebayor out for six months and then sort out his future in the summer, but there seems no way back for him at White Hart Lane.

The outburst he aimed at Spurs fans earlier this season has not helped his cause and now it is a question of whether the north Londoners can find any takers.

Pochettino has insisted that he does have a future at the club.

The Spurs boss said: "I explained last week, he's nearly ready for selection. He's training in the last few weeks; his training sessions have been very good."