City give Ade time

Manchester City have given Emmanuel Adebayor time off to recover from the horror of the buss shooting at the African Cup of Nations. City’s start striker was on the Togo team bus that came under machine gun fire in Angola last week. Three people were killed and others were wounded. "We will speak to him when he returns," said City manager Roberto Mancini earlier this week. "Whenever he wants to play, whenever he feels ready, that is OK. At the moment, we are just very sorry for him. The situation is incredible." Adebayor is currently in Lome, the capital of Togo, for three days of official mourning following last Friday's attack. The 25-year-old is expected back in England later this week but is unlikely to play for City against Everton on Saturday. He has scored six EPL goals this season since joining City from Arsenal for £25m.