Football's 10 biggest traitors

Luis Figo
The Portuguese left Barcelona for Real Madrid

#4 Emmanuel Adebayor

Emmanuel Adebayor
Adebayor eventually left Manchester City for Arsenal’s bitter rivals Tottenham – now that’s proper traitor material

You’d be forgiven for thinking that loyalty and Adebayor are plainly mutually exclusive; the Togo international really has done his best to antagonise the Arsenal faithful over the years. After signing for the Gunners in 2006, Adebayor went on to score 62 goals for the side and was a hot property.

An internal fall-out resulted in Adebayor desiring a move away from the Emirates in 2008 though and he opted for financially blossoming Manchester City.

There wasn’t a tremendous deal of hatred between the player and his former admirers at this point though, that is until he scored against the Gunners the following season. A lengthy celebration following the goal saw the forward sprint the entire length of the pitch to slide onto his knees in front of the travelling Arsenal supporters.

Things were hurled, chants were chanted and the dislike had reached boiling point, or had it? After an unsuccessful loan spell with Real Madrid, Adebayor eventually left Manchester City for Arsenal’s bitter rivals Tottenham – now that’s proper traitor material.

Watch here: Adebayor did this to make every Arsenal fan hate him

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