Former Arsenal star Emmanuel Eboue has revealed how he lost millions of pounds of his earnings and gone from a rich football star to a poor man on the brink of suicide.
Ivorian defender Eboue 34, narrated to the Mirror his heartbreaking story of financial, mostly pointing the finger at his estranged wife Aurelie and his own naivety.Eboue told the British tabloid that he lost all his money to Aurelie, who he claimed also handled his finances, in their divorce settlement and has been ordered to also give up his house in London to the ex-wife.
It is now three weeks since a deadline passed for Eboue to surrender ownership of the North London home he used to share with Aurelie and the fallen star could be forcibly ejected.
Eboue and his wife lived there before Eboue bought a mansion – which Aurelie has now put on the market.
So Eboue now awaits the knock that will see him ordered to leave at any time.
“I can’t afford the money to continue to have any lawyer or barrister,” Eboue told the Mirror.
“I am in the house but I am scared. Because I don’t know what time the police will come.
“Sometimes I shut off the lights because I don’t want people to know that I am inside. I put everything behind the door.
“My own house. I suffered to buy my house but I am now scared.
“I am not going to sell my clothes or sell what I have. I will fight until the end because it is not fair.”
Eboue made millions of pounds at Arsenal and then more than £1.5million a year at Turkish side Galatasaray but admits he was never given guidance to manage his finances.
“I look back and say ‘Emmanuel, you have been naive… why didn’t you think about that before?’ It is hard,” he added.
“Very, very hard. The money I earned, I sent it to my wife for our children.
“In Turkey I earned eight million euros. I sent seven million back home. Whatever she tells me to sign, I sign.
“She is my wife. The problems with FIFA (when he was banned for a pay dispute with an agent) were because of people advising me. People who are supposed to care. But it was because of them FIFA banned me.”
Eboue surrendered his expensive cars among assets to his wife, and now relies on London public transport.
The Mirror repprts that Eboue splits his time between the Enfield house and the home of a confidante he calls his “sister” – Yasmin Razak.
He often sleeps on a mattress on her living room floor.
But even watching TV – and seeing the likes of former team-mate Thierry Henry as a football pundit – triggers negative thoughts.
He adds: “When I see Thierry I feel happy for him but ashamed of my own situation.
“When I see friends on TV that I played with or against I say to myself ‘I should still be there’. It’s hard to watch them.”
COMMENTS
Una No Dey Learn! Hw Come You Too Go Marry Oyinbo People? Now,she Don Teach U Lesson.Make Una No Take Ur Life O
He got married to a white cleaner. They clean up everything.
Go there make your money come back home and pick a wify simple so sad.many African babes good and fine pass her na.
No matter how you get stuck to marry any white the end result us always divorce.
This is their own way of yahoo yahoo .
Who did you help?
Am afraid for Mikel ooo….chai!!
Guy, trust IBO guy o
Mikel has girlfriend not wife
All Mikel will do is to pay child support. They no dey use their pikin play
foolishness of the highest order,i know others won’t learn from this,outta all the girls in africa,you went for a white lady,you got your wish,may GOD revive you all the same.
You are right but some footballers from Africa marry white ladies so they can be documented for a permanent resident permit thereby securing their stay in Europe after football career. Nevertheless, it is a great error on their part and most of them pays heavily for it especially when there is a divorce.
That’s why it’s very dangerous to fall in love with a white girl.
There is something behind his downfall he should go back to his root. Maybe he disappointed their childhood friends from his native land when he was nobody
See your life……african mentality must everything be spiritual?
Haba!
He obviously made wrong choices and it ended uo affecting him.
How can he make a white woman manager of everything he had?
Conspiracy theory!
You are right what people dont know is that over 75% of what happen in the physical is the manifestation of what has already be concluded in the spiritual. That is the spiritual control the physical. The advice i Will give him is to seek the face of God. He is a Lucky man for the fact that he was not poison or kill in any way if only he can pray the same lady Will restore to him all his loss ressources to last one dollar.
The prophet
Rubbish
I beg make unah help me warn MIKEL OBI make him wise up Ooooo….. Now my talk nah foolish BUT if this happen I go dey lauf Ooooo, plz people out there be wise.
My brother, your talk no be foolish talk..o. You be wise man.
Let him seek spiritual help
This guy u are a fool
Don’t say that it can happen to anyone.. U think say NA only nija get jazz. Guy oyibo get white witch.
Thats what happens when u refused to marry one of ur village peoples daughter, atleast they will consider their daughter at times….u see we the council of villagers cant help u
Is not à matter of marrying a black or White woman. If he has married a wrong black woman perhap he would have probably been dead by now. But marrying à God fearing woman.
They should copy from the likes of Joseph Yobo
Now u have seen what Oyibo pepe have done to you, e be like say dem dey sweet African boys differently
Kamukuwe Chaponda-Banda II Bellington Izukanji Sinyinza
I pity him
from grace to grass
hmmmmmm.
KANU nwakwo get sense well well.
What u sabi chop na him kill you. you black u saw a fresh and white lady. you don’t know . All that glitters are not gold. Ashawo boy. go back to your village and start selling yellow bonce
Ur re black, u hv to be wise,not carried away bcoz of ur fame….. Aderbaryor live like a king in his country… What do u do or established in ur country
Is quite pathetic & dazed.
You are a foolish man,
Smart girl, congratulations to you dear
This “ll taught others a big lesson .
Don’t say that all white women are bad for the blacks,it is not every white woman that is bad,I think he might have done something bad,let think that way
Its not the end of the world . He’s still 34 . He can pick up the pieces and probably go back to school if he is not educated and fix himself up . succer is big industry . With his experience in football he can still get involved .
God will surely interfere Amen…Stay strong bro Lord Almighty is your strength.
Well Ebuoe, ur mistake is not marring a white lady, rather allowing the girl to run ur finances. Even if she is a black woman, geting back ur money would always be difficult because she would register everything u have with her name which u foolishly signed. As an experienced footballer, i believ ur mates can help u stand again. Soo Sorry!
Go and play in China. IN 3 years, you will make the money back 🙂
i really felt but bad for bro,but just stay strong and pray to ALLAH cos is the only one that can help you out
Warning to Mikel….A Russian girls will even show you more pepper.
You learn in the hard way.May God restore your glory
Eboue why cant u invest in own country or ur continent Africa by buying properties or build companies instead of Europe by now u would have depend on She can never come Africa to claim what belong to you, God will help u
Wit women are not good…
We can only Eboue wriggles out of this predicament!
God Be With Him
Don’t attach your finance with woman.You’re the one doing the hard jobs and she’s claiming you’re equal. Am already in similar shoes but luckier!!! Be responsible as a man
this is why I love Victor moses. correct guy, my name sake married Josephine an English lady but has a Nigerian descent. Nigerian ladies hardly divorce as to Europe.
Eboue I know à lawyer Who can help you recover all to the last penny you would only pay him 10% when the thé total fund has been refunded. He is a Lawyer of lawyers. I am giving you a 100% assurance that if you contact him, you Will surely bounce back. Call Him on J E S U S.
….The girl no fine sef!!!
Eboue, Call on the lord Jesus now! and stop talking chidishly! , casting blame. “In Turkey I earned eight million euros.I sent seven million back home.Whatever she tells me to sign, I sign”. Which kind love be that!!? . It is not still too late. Ask for God’s mercy and take responsibility for ur actions. Then move on with life!
Eboue you can start coaching course is not too late.
But you should have some cash n investment in Africa to fall back to.
Call your FA u start with under 17 team.
But now that you are broke I doubt if they will give u that job.
Well go Africa go control juju if the woman go forget d divorce issues or go church.
Or
I realy pity Eboue. It is very difficult to learn the hard way especialy when hard way is the only way is the only way to learn, like your own case. May god see you through. xw
Eboue that is nt the right way to love a lady by sending all your finance to her dat is stupidity,i pray dat god will help u.
May Allah help you she wil come back insha Allah and pls use your head as she is goin to come back for you
white prostitutes- that’s why you have marriage contracts: that stupid feaces eurrier will go to hell and be rotten. let her know that this world is “empty” no one is there. it seems you were also tired by your sterving mum and relatives ‘ hope they are fine!! fuck you*1000000000%eurier you will burst!!!!
“In Turkey I earned eight million euros. I sent seven million back home. Whatever she tells me to sign, I sign.”
Where is the home you referred to? England or France? You call those places home? Very big mistake. You should have gone to your village to pick a God-fearing lady.
All is not lost. You’re still young. Get up and move. Let me suggest a business: Set up a consultancy to advice successful sportsmen and women on how to manage their fortune.
why you don,t asks your friends to help you like herry Vieira toure gallas and so on send message to us
Africa men entirely av to learn from this don’t worry God will surely restore u bro
He got married to a white cleaner. They clean up everything.