WENGER READY TO SELL ADEBAYOR TO CHELSEA?

Arsene Wenger has paved the way for Chelsea to bid for Emmanuel Adebayor by publicly admitting that he would have no objections to selling an Arsenal player directly to one of their 'Big Four' rivals.

Speaking at a

' forum on the day it was reported that Chelsea were preparing to sell Didier Drogba and had identified Adebayor as their preferred replacement, Wenger blamed the abuse the Togo striker has endured from the Emirates crowd for his slump in form but offered Chelsea significant encouragement that he would be prepared to sell.