Emmanuel Adebayo heads to Crystal Palace

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Crystal Palace has completed the signing of former Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor on Tuesday. Adebayor was a free agent after leaving Tottenham in September. He visited Palace's training ground for talks on Tuesday before finalising a short-term deal until the end of the season. The deal includes an option for a year-long extension should he impress at Selhurst Park, sources say, and Adebayor has accepted the offer despite initially wanting a long-term contract.
"I chose Palace because my family are happy in London," he told the club's website. "Palace have been playing the football I like and they have a few players who are my friends.
"Hopefully I can bring more experience to Palace and achieve what they want to achieve."
The striker's future has been the subject of speculation for some time with a number of clubs credited with an interest in his services. Palace boss Alan Pardew revealed earlier this month that he was considering a move for Adebayor to help solve his side's goal scoring problems.
Adebayor first moved to the Premier League when he joined Arsenal from French side Monaco, and left for Manchester City in a £25 million deal during the summer of 2009 before loan spells at Real Madrid and Spurs ahead of his permanent switch to White Hart Lane in August 2012. Since leaving White Hart Lane, Adebayor has been continuing his own personal training programme in a bid to remain sharp ahead of any potential move, which is expected to see some of the reported £100,000-a-week wages for which Tottenham were still liable under the terms of his contract offset following the Palace deal, ESPN reports.