Aston Villa have pulled out of a deal to sign Emmanuel Adebayor after Tim Sherwood decided they should look elsewhere for a new striker.

Adebayor has been in talks with Villa for more than a week over a season-long loan and was hoping to link up with his former Tottenham manager, given he has been told he has no future at White Hart Lane.

The Togolese striker had undertaken a medical, discussed personal terms – he was hoping to command wages in the region of £100,000 per week – and had been given a tour of Villa’s Bodymoor Heath training ground on Monday.

Emmanuel Adebayor is stalling on a move to Aston Villa on a season-long loan deal

The Togolese striker is reluctant to leave his London base and could end up staying at Tottenham

It appeared a formality that he would sign in time for the Barclays Premier League opener against Bournemouth.

But, as talks continued to drag on, Sherwood made the decision to cancel the deal and will now continue to look elsewhere for a striker to fill the void left by Christian Benteke.

Villa will not turn, however, to Dimitar Berbatov, despite the persistent link with the former Manchester United and Tottenham man but this development will come as a significant blow to Adebayor, who wanted to resurrect his career under Sherwood.

Adebayor got on well with Tim Sherwood when he managed Spurs for a short spell