Adebayor to join Villa on loan

Emmanuel Adebayor and Tim Sherwood will be reunited at Aston Villa after terms were agreed with Tottenham Hotspur.

The 31-year-old striker took a tour of Villa's Bodymoor Heath training HQ last Tuesday and had the first stages of his medical with an announcement possible in the next 24 hours.

Sherwood made Adebayor his No 1 target to replace Christian Benteke but worried his £100,000-per-week wages and Tottenham's £5 million price tag would prove beyond Villa's finances.

However, with Spurs eager to offload the Togo international, a loan deal with Villa picking up his salary but not paying a fee has been struck. Villa could make the move permanent once Adebayor is out of contract next summer. — PAS