When Adebayor was signed I'd wager he was given zero assurances on first team involvement, certainly nothing legally binding. It's up to the management team who they play on matcdays, who they put in the squad, and who they include in first team training. If Mancini sees no future for Adebayor at City then he's perfectly within his rights to decide he doesn't need to be involved in a pre-season tour of the USA. Also, if we are looking to sell Adebayor on it really doesn't make sense for him to spend the next 3 weeks on the west coast of the USA, it's far more sensible for him to be in Europe. I'd suggest Adebayor has ZERO chance of winning any case. We're paying him still, so how exactly have we dismissed him? If anything he's on "gardening leave", he gets full pay but isn't required to come into work.