AVB says Adebayor holds key for Spurs

Andre Villas-Boas thinks Emmanuel Adebayor could be the key to helping Tottenham pull off an improbable victory against Basle which would see the club move into their first European semi-final in 29 years.

Basle stunned Spurs in last week’s first leg, racing to a 2-0 lead inside 35 minutes. The Swiss champions then wasted a series of opportunities to effectively kill the quarter-final off, but Adebayor and Gylfi Sigurdsson scored to leave the tie delicately poised.

Adebayor followed up his strike against the Swiss with another well-taken goal against Everton, and, had it not been for the woodwork, his tally would stand at three in his last two.