MADRID: Real Madrid have boosted their push for honours by signing Manchester City striker Emmanuel Adebayor on loan for the rest of the season, the two clubs said on Tuesday.
The 26-year-old Togolese international travelled to Madrid yesterday to undergo a medical.
Real will have the option to sign Adebayor on a permanent basis at the end of the season and Spanish media reports said they could pay around 15mil for him.
The powerful frontman will provide Real coach Jose Mourinho with an extra attacking option following a back injury to Argentine striker Gonzalo Higuain that will sideline him until around April.
Mourinho has been pushing the club for another centre-forward since arriving from Inter Milan last year and with Higuain’s injury and Karim Benzema’s failure to live up to expectations the pressure had grown during January.
Real’s first choice as a stand-in appeared to be their former striker Ruud van Nistelrooy but Hamburg refused to release him.
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