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Micah Richards reveals Emmanuel Adebayor was due to join Aston Villa at the same time as him in 2015 - and even had his picture taken with the shirt - only for the striker to pull out of the deal at the last minute after being told not to sign in a 'DREAM' Micah Richards joined Aston Villa from Manchester City in June 2015 He has revealed that Villa were also set to sign Emmanuel Adebayor at the time He claims Adebayor chose not to join after having a 'dream' about the move

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Micah Richards has opened up on how close Aston Villa came to signing Emmanuel Adebayor ahead of their disastrous 2015-16 season.

After falling out of favour at Manchester City, Richards arrived at Villa Park in June 2015 after the club had narrowly avoided relegation the previous month.

Established stars including Fabian Delph and Christian Benteke moved on to Manchester City and Liverpool, respectively, when Richards joined, but the club were still in the market looking to bolster their squad ahead of their next campaign.

Richards has revealed that one name who was due to join him at Villa was Adebayor, and the deal to looked to be done, only for the former Arsenal and Tottenham striker to decide

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