Arsenal's 3 most successful January signings of the Premier League era

#2 Emmanuel Adebayor

Emmanuel Adebayor scored 62 goals for Arsenal during his time there

Emmanuel Adebayor might be persona non grata with Arsenal fans these days thanks to his controversial move to Manchester City – and equally controversial goal celebration against his former club – and a later move to the Gunners’ bitter rivals Tottenham Hotspur, but the £3m January 2006 signing from Monaco was genuinely fantastic over a period of three and a half seasons at the club.

The Togo international scored on his Arsenal debut against Birmingham City, and ended the 2005-06 season with 4 goals in 13 games – earning the nickname ‘Baby Kanu’ for his resemblance to former Arsenal star Nwankwo Kanu.

2006-07 saw him score 8 Premier League goals – including the winner against Manchester United at Old Trafford – but it was 2007-08 where he really took off, hitting 30 goals in 48 games.

Amongst those goals were a brace against Tottenham, including an acrobatic volley later voted Goal of the Season, two hat-tricks against Derby County, and one against AC Milan in a Champions League match. When he departed the Emirates in the summer of 2009, Adebayor had scored 62 goals in 142 appearances.

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