Blackburn going for Adebayor in £30m spreePublished 23:01 15/06/11 By David Anderson
Blackburn manager Steve Kean is targeting Emmanuel Adebayor as he jets home from India today armed with a £30million warchest.
Kean has spent the last five days discussing his summer spending plans with owners Venky's and they have approved all the names on his hit-list.
Kean's top priority is signing a big-name striker and Adebayor tops the list, along with Roma's Mirko Vucinic and Amauri of Juventus.
Manchester City are desperate to offload Adebayor, just two years after splashing out £25million to sign him from Arsenal.
Real Madrid failed to exercise the option to make his loan spell permanent before Monday's deadline.
City may now accept as little as £10m for Adebayor, with manager Roberto Mancini adamant he does not want the player back at their Carrington base for pre-season training.
He would be a cheaper option than Vucinic as Roma are demanding £16million for the Montenegro international, who is also a target for Juventus.
Kean intends to be busy this summer and is also eyeing up Aston Villa's James Collins and Birmingham's Roger Johnson to replace Manchester United new boy Phil Jones.
Rovers have also tried to hijack Miranda's free-agent switch from Brazilian champions Sao Paulo to Atletico Madrid by offering to double his wages, but the Brazilian defender is expected to honour his pre-contract agreement with the Spanish outfit.
Another option is Diego Novaretti, an Argentine defender playing for Mexican side Toluca who has been offered to Blackburn. Blackburn are also vying with Sunderland to sign Sebastian Larsson, the Swedish winger who is a free agent after seeing out his contract with Birmingham.
