*Arsenal cult hero Emmanuel Eboue reveals he considered suicide*

He played in a Champions League final, earned millions in a seven year Premier League career, slept in a palatial home and drove expensive cars.

But in a shock revelation former Arsenal cult figure Emmanuel Eboue admitted to the Mirror he's penniless and has been close to suicide.

The 34-year-old from the Ivory Coast who appeared for Arsene Wenger's side between 2004 and 2011 has admitted he’s seriously considered taking his own life after financial mismanagement has left him skint and a bitter divorce that has meant he is estranged from his three children.

At the height of his career at the Emirates he took home a seven-digit sum every year during his time in North London, earning a further £1.5 million annually playing for Turkish giants Galatasaray.

However, with his former wife Aurelie being awarded of all the couple's assets, he has been forced to dodge police and bailiffs following a court order - insisting he hand over his home in Enfield to her.

Heartbreakingly, the former Gunner - whose infectious smile and unorthodox defending helped build a cult following among football fans across the globe - has been unable to visit his kids since the estrangement from Aurelie in June.

Eboue is inconsolable at not being able to see his nine-year-old son Mathis and two daughters Clara, 14, and Maeva, 12, this Christmas.

To add to that he has been grieving since his late grandfather Amadou Bertin, who brought him up, sadly died after a brave battle against cancer. To top it all he lost his brother N’Dri Serge, who died in a motorbike crash.

Eboue, who won the free-kick that led to Sol Campbell's goal for Arsenal against Barcelona in the 2006 Champions League final, has been hit hard with misfortune which has brought him to the brink of suicide.

Speaking to The Sunday Mirror he said: 'I want God to help me. Only he can help take these [suicidal] thoughts from my mind. It hurts me a lot [not to see his children]. They used to call me. But now, no contact. It pains me to be alone without them.'

A deadline for troubled Eboue to surrender ownership of the mansion he once shared with Aurelie passed earlier this month, meaning a judge will sign the transfer if Eboue doesn't.

The Mirror also reported his former wife will rent out the Enfield property but he says he lacks the funds for a barrister or lawyer to help fight his cause.

So now he waits with his bags packed in the hallway for the dreaded knock on the door which will see the law force him to vacate the property he bought in happier times.

He added: '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.'

His plans to return to the Premier League for one final payday with Sunderland last season faded after FIFA slapped him with a year's ban following a dispute with a former advisor.

The former Ivory Coast international who gained 79 caps for his country is remarkably free of bitterness at his former partner Aurelie - but blames previous advisors for FIFA imposing their damaging 12-month playing ban on him.

Eboue, who admits he had a limited education growing up in his country's capital Abidjan, as he focused on trying to become a professional footballer, also concedes he was 'naive' with his fortune.

He accepts he allowed his former wife to take control of their financial affairs, but claims hangers-on bled him dry as they saw him as an easy target because he was never given good advice on how to manage his fortune.

Staggeringly Eboue even recalls having to sign financial paperwork while he was supposed to be training when he was visited by bank staff at London Colney, Arsenal’s trai

Hmmm.. Stay strong.. God help u

I don't understand, under what premise will make the wife go away with everything they owned

Marry from your tribe .

Lord strengthen him,comfort him papa

I feel so sorry for Arsenal ex star, Emmanuel Eboue.

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His is a classic case of riches to poverty all because of his choice of a marriage partner and ,I think, illiteracy.

He left his financial management entirely to his ex wife. The woman used to bring documents for him to sign and he would sign without even bothering to know what he was signing. He trusted his wife. A very blind trust. According to the Sun of UK, every visit to his bank used to be with his ex wife, Aurelie-a white woman. There were times that the woman would even come with bank documents and bank workers to Arsenal training ground asking Ebuoe to sign. Ebuoe signed everything. Little did he know he was signing away his life.

He was rich. Lived in the chiocest part of London. Bought many houses and properties, cars.. all the good things of life.

After 7 years playing in England ,he moved to Turkey where he played for Turkish giants -Galatasaray. There, he started feeling the effects of the documents he had been signing . Of his 7 million pounds income, he would wire 6million pounds, by contract, back to his wife in England.

When his contract expired in Turkey, Eboue returned to England and was booked to play for Sunderland last season. But just then ,he suffered a one year ban from FIFA as a result of dispute with his agent. I suspect that this dispute was as a result of not being able to meet his contractual financial obligations to the agent. If you send 6 million out of your 7 million pounds salary to your wife, how much will be left to pay your agent?

As a result of the FIFA ban ,Eboue became jobless and his wife moved quickly. She filed for divorce. As a result of the documents she had been giving her husband to sign, the court ordered Ebuoe to forfeit everything to her. I mean everything. All the money in all his bank accounts. All his houses and properties anywhere in the world. Cars. assets. Everything. A Contract is a contract, whether you read it or not. All that matters is the signature.

The divorce is now complete. Now ,Ebuoe is pennyless and homeless . He now sleeps in his friend's parlour in London. No car. Not even one. And he is jobless. Not earning any money. Worst of all, he no longer has any link or communication with his 3 children he had with his ex wife.

He says there is no day he doesn't think of suicide.

Things have completely fallen apart.

Sad.

there should be a way to counter that. A Nigerian. lady can't do this with mother inlaw watching your every move.