Eboue reveals heartbreaking lie he told his kids over career decline & how he contemplated suicide
Former Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue concedes the decline of his football career forced him to lie to his children.
The 36-year-old also admitted he had almost committed suicide several times due to his financial problems.
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Eboue left Arsenal in 2011 for Galatasaray but sealed a return to the Premier League with Sunderland five years later.
But he was released by the Black Cats just a month later without playing a single match after he was handed a one-year ban for failing to pay his former agent.
Such was his shame, Emmanuel Eboue said he was forced to lie to his kids about what exactly he was doing with his time since he had no club to train with.
"The FA suspended me from any activity, I did not have the right t...