Tottenham Hotspur have signed former Arsenal striker Emmanuel Adebayor on a one-year loan deal from Manchester City.
The Togolese spent the second half of last season on loan at Real Madrid after falling out of favour with City boss Roberto Mancini.
He told Spurs TV Online: "I've been through a lot of difficult moments. What I need is to play football.
"Harry Redknapp is a great manager and a great person. As a footballer it is really important to work with a person who really understands you, which is the key for me and he's one of the few who really understands me which is good for me.
"There's a lot of good players here and I'm here to do my job, score goals, play football, enjoy myself once again on the pitch.
"I'm in a club where everyone has confidence in me, everyone trusts me, everyone knows what I am capable of doing, which is important for me, and it's up to me to show them that they are not wrong."
The 27-year-old played for North London rivals Arsenal for three years before joining City in 2009.
Adebayor added: "You have to be strong to decide to come to Tottenham.
"I played for three-and-a-half years for Arsenal and there's a lot of rivalry between Tottenham and Arsenal.
"All I want is to play football and to enjoy myself and today I'm a Tottenham footballer. What I have to do is enjoy myself on and off the pitch.
"For me, the past is the past, I'm looking forward to the future."
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The Togolese spent the second half of last season on loan at Real Madrid after falling out of favour with City boss Roberto Mancini.
With there little chance of him forcing his way back into the first-team picture at Eastlands, Adebayor was only too happy to accept a call from Harry Redknapp.
He told Spurs TV Online: "I've been through a lot of difficult moments. What I need is to play football.
"Harry Redknapp is a great manager and a great person. As a footballer it is really important to work with a person who really understands you, which is the key for me and he's one of the few who really understands me which is good for me.
"There's a lot of good players here and I'm here to do my job, score goals, play football, enjoy myself once again on the pitch.
"I'm in a club where everyone has confidence in me, everyone trusts me, everyone knows what I am capable of doing, which is important for me, and it's up to me to show them that they are not wrong."
The 27-year-old played for North London rivals Arsenal for three years before joining City in 2009.
Adebayor added: "You have to be strong to decide to come to Tottenham.
"I played for three-and-a-half years for Arsenal and there's a lot of rivalry between Tottenham and Arsenal.
"All I want is to play football and to enjoy myself and today I'm a Tottenham footballer. What I have to do is enjoy myself on and off the pitch.
"For me, the past is the past, I'm looking forward to the future."
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