• Move would net Arsenal striker in excess of £150,000 a week
• Eastlands club complete £25.2m signing of Carlos Tevez

Manchester City expect to follow the £25.5m signing of Carlos Tevez by making Emmanuel Adebayor the ninth striker on their books, having lodged a £20m bid with Arsenal for a player they know is available as long as the price is right. Arsenal want closer to £25m but both clubs are willing to reach a compromise.

Adebayor was identified in the process that led to City withdrawing interest in Barcelona’s Samuel Eto’o last week. Talks have accelerated over the last few days and, though Adebayor initially wanted a move to Italy, a salary in excess of £150,000 a week would persuade him to move north.

If everything goes according to plan, City hope the 25-year-old will take some part in their pre-season tour to South Africa, with Mark Hughes’s first-team squad due to fly out on Wednesday with Tevez on board after the club confirmed his arrival on a five-year contract tonight.

“Carlos is an international player of the highest class who possesses all the attributes that will help drive this club forward,” Mark Hughes, the City manager, said. “He is not only outstanding technically but he is a reliable goal scorer and someone who will contribute fully to the team ethic. He gives us another exciting, attacking dimension. I cannot wait to welcome him to City.”

Tevez said his aim was to win more titles with City. “The manager and the owners are very ambitious,” he said. “This is the chance to be involved from the start, an opportunity to help build and create a special experience. I am here for success and to win trophies.”

He added: “There is a great feeling of excitement around the club. Look at the quality of the players who have been signed and the prospect of other top-quality players coming too. Things are happening at this club.” Tevez said the decision to join City was “mine and mine alone”.

City will now redirect their attention to their attempt to sign John Terry from Chelsea and the more straightforward task of agreeing a deal with Arsenal for a player they decided was expendable a long time ago. Adebayor’s reputation plummeted during a disappointing last season. But Hughes is mindful the Togo international scored 30 goals in the 2007-08 campaign. Tevez, meanwhile, is scheduled to take his medical examination tomorrow before an afternoon press conference that, a few miles away at his previous club Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson will be watching with interest.

“I half expected this a long time back,” the United manager said. “I think they did a deal maybe around January because I spoke to him and gave him an offer on the night we played Inter Milan [in March] and he never came back to me.

“I phoned him on holiday [in June] – and he never came back to me. I texted him twice – he never got back. Obviously he had made his mind up a long time ago.”

• Move would net Arsenal striker in excess of £150,000 a week
• Eastlands club complete £25.2m signing of Carlos Tevez

Manchester City expect to follow the £25.5m signing of Carlos Tevez by making Emmanuel Adebayor the ninth striker on their books, having lodged a £20m bid with Arsenal for a player they know is available as long as the price is right. Arsenal want closer to £25m but both clubs are willing to reach a compromise.

Adebayor was identified in the process that led to City withdrawing interest in Barcelona’s Samuel Eto’o last week. Talks have accelerated over the last few days and, though Adebayor initially wanted a move to Italy, a salary in excess of £150,000 a week would persuade him to move north.

If everything goes according to plan, City hope the 25-year-old will take some part in their pre-season tour to South Africa, with Mark Hughes’s first-team squad due to fly out on Wednesday with Tevez on board after the club confirmed his arrival on a five-year contract tonight.

“Carlos is an international player of the highest class who possesses all the attributes that will help drive this club forward,” Mark Hughes, the City manager, said. “He is not only outstanding technically but he is a reliable goal scorer and someone who will contribute fully to the team ethic. He gives us another exciting, attacking dimension. I cannot wait to welcome him to City.”

Tevez said his aim was to win more titles with City. “The manager and the owners are very ambitious,” he said. “This is the chance to be involved from the start, an opportunity to help build and create a special experience. I am here for success and to win trophies.”

He added: “There is a great feeling of excitement around the club. Look at the quality of the players who have been signed and the prospect of other top-quality players coming too. Things are happening at this club.” Tevez said the decision to join City was “mine and mine alone”.

City will now redirect their attention to their attempt to sign John Terry from Chelsea and the more straightforward task of agreeing a deal with Arsenal for a player they decided was expendable a long time ago. Adebayor’s reputation plummeted during a disappointing last season. But Hughes is mindful the Togo international scored 30 goals in the 2007-08 campaign. Tevez, meanwhile, is scheduled to take his medical examination tomorrow before an afternoon press conference that, a few miles away at his previous club Manchester United, Sir Alex Ferguson will be watching with interest.

“I half expected this a long time back,” the United manager said. “I think they did a deal maybe around January because I spoke to him and gave him an offer on the night we played Inter Milan [in March] and he never came back to me.

“I phoned him on holiday [in June] – and he never came back to me. I texted him twice – he never got back. Obviously he had made his mind up a long time ago.”