Emmanuel Adebayor may well be enjoying his best season since moving to Arsenal, but he has told Gunners fans he intends to be a world-beater.
Adebayor has scored six league goals already this season, leaving him needing just another three to surpass his previous best tally of eight in an Arsenal jersey.
The Togo international could be heard singing the praises of Theo Walcott earlier in the week, predicting the teenager can surpass Thierry Henry, and Adebayor intends to achieve similar superstar status himself.
"In the game I'm very good," he told The Mail.
"I'm strong, I'm fast, I can jump high, my passing is good, my holding of the ball is per ... at the moment is very good. I nearly said perfect. But nothing is perfect, and I still need to work more on my finishing. I'm not saying I'm going to be the best player in the world, but I am going to be among them. When you talk to young players they all want to be Kaka, Ronaldinho, Henry. Their ambition is to be big and my ambition is to be big.'
A facet of Adebayor's game is his pace, which he reveals is only inferior to Armand Traore in the current Arsenal squad.
The powerful striker's performances have earned him comparisons to Chelsea's Didier Drogba, comparisons Adebayor is pleased to hear.
"A lot of people are saying that and it's a good thing, because Didier is one of the best," he added.
01 10 2007
Emmanuel Adebayor has been declared fit to face Steaua Bucharest while Alexander Hleb has travelled with the rest of the Arsenal squad.
Adebayor has been struggling with a minor thigh injury but has been declared fit for the clash against the Romanian outfit on Tuesday night, much to the relief of Arsene Wenger.
"When we played against Sevilla people said it was a test game," the striker revealed. "For me there are no test games. We just go out and try to win."
Meanwhile, it looked as though Hleb was definitely out after taking a heavy whack to his leg during Saturday's 1-0 victory against West Ham but it has now been revealed he is the squad that has travelled.
Abou Diaby (ankle) and Mathieu Flamini (groin) will face late fitness tests, while Jens Lehmann (elbow), captain William Gallas (groin), Tomas Rosicky (hamstring), Eduardo (groin) and Alex Song (calf) are all out.
