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Emmanuel Adebayor has been left out of Tottenham Hotspur 's 25-man Premier League squad.
The Togolese striker has been out of first-team contention at White Hart Lane for the last year and has been left to train with the reserve team.
The announcement of his omission from the Premier League squad comes just after he was also left out of the club's Europa League roster.
Show all 9 1 /9Tottenham Hotspur: Summer 2015 completed transfers Tottenham Hotspur: Summer 2015 completed transfers IN: Kevin Wimmer (Koln) £4m Wimmer was crucial to Koln’s promotion to the Bundesliga and then performed admirably the following year.
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Tottenham Hotspur: Summer 2015 completed transfers IN: Kieran Trippier (Burnley) £3.5m Trippier played every game in the Premier League for Burnley last year.
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Tottenham Hotspur: Summer 2015 completed transfers IN: Toby Alderweireld (Atletico Madrid) £11.5m The Belgian’s move has angered Southampton who claim that they had a first option on the defender. Their appeal was fruitless and Alderweireld joins fellow Belgians Jan Vertonghen, Nacer Chadli and Moussa Dembele at White Hart Lane.
Tottenham Hotspur: Summer 2015 completed transfers OUT: Paulinho (Guangzhou Evergrande) Undisclosed Just because he’s Brazilian, it doesn’t mean he’ll be any good. Spurs failed to recognise this in shelling out £15m on Paulinho. Jamie Carragher agreed and bet Gary Neville that he’d score fifteen goals in his second season. Zero goals later, Carragher will wear a Manchester United shirt on a Monday Night Football recording this season.
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Tottenham Hotspur: Summer 2015 completed transfers OUT: Lewis Holtby (Hamburg) Undisclosed Signed to much fanfare as young German playmakers came into fashion, Holtby flattered to deceive.
Tottenham Hotspur: Summer 2015 completed transfers OUT: Etienne Capoue (Watford) £6m Capoue suffered injury problems and was never given a go in his preferred holding role. Watford will hope for better from the once highly rated Frenchman.
Tottenham Hotspur: Summer 2015 completed transfers OUT: Younes Kaboul (Sunderland) Undisclosed Kaboul was made Tottenham’s club captain by Mauricio Pochettino but soon lost his place after a series of poor displays.
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Tottenham Hotspur: Summer 2015 completed transfers OUT: Benjamin Stambouli (Paris Saint Germain) £6m Thought to be set for Watford along with his compatriot Capoue, Stambouli was offered an unexpected route into the Champions League with PSG. Surprising though it was, it was hardly a shock that Stambouli jumped at the chance.
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Tottenham Hotspur: Summer 2015 completed transfers Vlad Chiriches (Napoli) Undisclosed The centre-back showed enough promise to suggest that he might be one of few successes of AVB’s post-Bale cash splurge. However, that promise has faded and Spurs appear happy to cash in.
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Manager Mauricio Pochettino has been desperate to remove Adebayor's sizeable £100,000-a-week salary from the club's wage bill, but cut-price deals to Premier League rivals have repeatedly fallen through.
Both Aston Villa and West Ham United have seen their efforts to loan the disaffected 31-year-old come to no avail this summer.
Adebayor was close to re-joining former manager Tim Sherwood at Villa Park and even visited the club's training ground before deciding against a move.
The front man has since claimed he needs 'a sign from God' before he can decide where his future lies.
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