Olimpia currently sits fifth in the early stages of their Apertura campaign, and President Marco Trovato promised to make a big splash by signing the veteran striker if the club signed up an additional 20,000 members over the weekend.

Adebayor was without a club, with the 35-year-old recently becoming a free agent having ended a brief spell with Turkish side Kayserispor in December.

He is now set for a stint in South America, where he will reunite with former teammate Roque Santa Cruz.

Both Adebayor and Santa Cruz joined Manchester City in 2009, but neither forward was able to truly make their mark with the club.

The best moment of his career was his time at Arsenal where he played over 100 Premier League matches for the gunners.

After leaving Emirates stadium for Manchester he was loaned to Real Madrid and Tottenham where he later sealed a permanent move to Arsenal’s north London arch-rivals.

He later played for Crystal Palace, Istanbul BB and Kayserispor.

Olimpia is Adebayor’s 10th professional club since leaving his native Togo in 2001 to head to France, where he featured for Metz and Monaco before sealing his big move to Arsenal.