Ex-Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue has told the Daily Telegraph his one-year ban from football following a contractual dispute with a former agent has left him feeling suicidal.

Eboue, 33, was suspended by FIFA from all football activities in March due to the disagreement with his representative and immediately had his contract with Sunderland terminated despite having signed for the club earlier in the month.
Since then the former Ivory Coast international has been restricted to training with a semi-professional player he met in London in a bid to stay fit while he serves his ban.

Even once Eboue’s ban is served, however, he may still not be permitted to return to football activity until he has settled a debt with his old agent Sebastien Boisseau, reported to be in the region of £1 million. “There are a lot of days when I don’t feel like getting out of bed,” Eboue, whose grandfather and brother both passed away in October, said. “One day I wanted to kill myself. My family keep me strong, it’s them that I have to think about but if I was alone, I worry about what I’d have done to myself by now.

“There are times when I stay in my bedroom and don’t come out. One, two days in that room alone. I lock the door and I’m just thinking. I spend a lot of my time reading the Bible and will say, ‘Emmanuel, why are you doing that? It’s no good for your family.’

“My son Mathis is seven and plays for Arsenal’s academy. Every time I go there with him people ask me what’s going on and it makes it worse. ‘Emmanuel, have you retired?’ So I have to explain my situation. It makes me more depressed. The people who know me, when they see my face, they can tell I’m not happy. This is the lowest I’ve been in my career, it’s a bad time.”

The full-back had been hoping to count on the support of his old Ivory Coast teammates, but he admits Didier Drogba and Romaric are the only two to have got in contact with him. He says the lack of contact from Kolo Toure is particularly disappointing, given the Celtic player was banned by FIFA himself in 2011 for failing a drugs test while at Manchester City.

“When Kolo was serving his ban, I was always talking to him,” Eboue said. “He’s had some difficulties at Celtic so I understand (why he’s not been in contact). I’m not going to say something bad. All of them are my big brothers.

“I know they know my problem but I hope one day they will call me. Of course it’s disappointing. I thought the friendship was stronger. You have to be friends in difficult times. But that’s life. I take it in a good way.”



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Since hw many days wey dis news don break?...no b news again sef....e com jst dey hit FP for NL...yeye.

I advice him to kill himself because it is a sin to commit suicide

Don't try it

Even Peeps with 18k monthly salaries have never contemplated Suicide

This my guy dey mad, so person wey graduate since 2010 wey never see work no commit suicide,person wey never chop since yesterday never commit suicide,person wey him mama n papa die never commit suicide, e come be you,ordinary ban till march na him u wan commit suicide, abeg may una leave am make him die. Fool

Be strong Bro!

I feel sorry for him.. Stay strong man. Black dont break

No problem Ode! Stay inside the house two days at a time. By the end of your ban you'll be as fat as Eniola Badmus. Some people just know how to rock pity parties like they're worse off than people whose careers ended after someone blinded them or shattered their legs. This one was just given a one year suspension for something he did wrong, and he wants to curry pity instead of accepting responsibility and finding a way to make things right.

commit suicide bcz of football...
is ur lyf

Be strong, it's one of those things in life of a human being.

the once unstoppable Ebue. try relax, there's life ahead. your mind is just playing tricks on you, don't give in to suicide bro

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Guy be strong no amount of problems or worries worth ur life

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Am happy u didn't do that things ll get back to normalcy pray dude

Be like say bros no save kobo na y

FRIENDS in need are FRIENDS indeed....


But they are rare


If you have any pls learn to APPRECIATE the Human Angel

Don't be stupid... With all the money you have

You almost cost my team the UCL trophy in 2006, but I still don't want u to commit suicide.

Life's too short to dwell on all that's wrong.

Eboue,u just have to understand that the only time to knw true friends worth is during trial times just keep your head up and trust in God,he will see u through.

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NEVER WALK ALONE, IS THE CLUB, while will you contemplate suicide when you are not alone, LIVERPOOL FOR
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Guy be strong no amount of problems or worries worth ur life

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