Former Premier League and Togo striker Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is set to visit Uganda, according to KCCA FC.
Former Premier League and Togo striker Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor is set to visit Uganda, according to KCCA FC.
The thirteen-time league champions shared a tweet in which they asked their fans to choose between Papa Diop (RIP), Adebayor and Alex Song, and the fans voted for Adebayor.
"Citizens, we have a winner. You have chosen Sheyi Emmanuel Adebayor as the player you would have loved to see at KCCA FC. Stay tuned, big announcement coming," the tweet said.
However, Pulse Sports can confirm that Emmanuel Adebayor, a global brand ambassador with betting firm 22Bet, is on an African tour for a conference which brings together betting firms and their support clients from across the world.
The former Togolese captain was in Kenya on the same project in January and visited Tusker Football club.
Adebayor, who announced his retirement from football on 21st March, enjoyed a 22-year professional career which saw him play in France, England, Spain, Turkey, Paraguay and his native Togo.
He scored 97 goals in 241 appearances in the premier league playing for Arsenal, Manchester City, Tottenham and Crystal Palace, where he spent most of his peak years.
Still, he enjoyed spells in France with Metz and Monaco at the start of his career and had a brief stint at Spanish giants Real Madrid in 2011.
The forward also won the African Footballer of the Year award in 2008 while at Arsenal.
He was also named Togo's Footballer of the Year for five consecutive years between 2005 and 2009.
Terrorists on the Togo team bus attacked Adebayor in 2010 as the team made their way to Angola for the tournament.
Three people were killed, and nine people were injured in the attack.