Arsenal legend, Emmanuel Eboue has spoken for the first time over reports that claimed he has lost everything after a bitter divorce about four years ago.
The 40-year-old was reported to have been left homeless and struggled to find daily bread having lost every bit of his wealth to his ex-wife Aurelie Bertrand.
The former Sunderland right-back was perching with friends in a report that emerged from the UK.
Eboue, however, debunked all of such reports and stated they were twisted.
He added that even though he lost everything following his divorce but he had properties in Ghana and in Ivory Coast which made him comfortable and never went broke.
“When [people] say Emmanuel Eboue lost everything, it’s not nice…," he told Takoradi based Empire FM.
“Because I had a divorce [case] and they [court] said my wife won, they gave her all my properties – my two houses, money and the cars that I had in England.
“I wasn’t worried about it because I expected that she was going to use it to take care of my children.
Eboue admits he had to overcome depression from the divorce ruling.
“When they [court] said that, I was very disappointed… To be honest, for the first time, I was very down but after that, I prayed and forgot about all of that.”
He continued: “So after that, I left and returned back to Africa. I have my own properties in Africa and so I live with that.
“When I hear people say Emmanuel Eboue lost everything, I laugh. I have properties in Ghana, I have properties in my home country (Ivory Coast).”
“I live very comfortably and I thank God. So when people keep talking and say Emmanuel Eboue doesn’t have anything, he can’t eat, doesn’t have a place to stay, it’s not true,” he reiterated.
He has gone on to remarry his childhood sweetheart Stephanie Boedé after he returned to his home country Ivory Coast.
Emmanuel Eboue – who announced his retirement from football in October 2020 – currently owns and runs a football academy in Ivory Coast.
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