Strikers are in the news at the moment. Manchester City seems to be buying a lot of them, But a striker needs confidence and needs to feel part of a team. At Arsenal Emanuel Adebayor had the confidence of one of the best managers in the game, Arsene Wenger.

It was Wenger who made Adebeyor into the striker he is today. Make no mistake, under the wrong manager, the aggressive Adebeyor would have been a much different striker, one more suited to Wigan than Arsenal.

As a coach and manager of young players we must all look at managers like Arsene Wenger and how he nurtures his players, makes them play soccer with a passing and receiving game and makes their ball holding technique so much better.

Now he has gone to Manchester City he will be under a much different coach, and maybe he will look back and wonder how great he could have been had he stayed under the watchful eye of Arsene Wenger.

Here’s Adebayor in his last season at Arsenal…