Ex-Arsenal star Emmanuel Eboue laughs off poverty tag, claims he owns property in Ghana

EboueFormer Ivory Coast international Emmanuel Eboue has rejected reports that he is living in poverty, claiming he owns properties in multiple places including Ghana.In 2017, the Ivorian was involved in a legal battle with his former wife, Aurelie, where he ended up losing some of his assets.However, Eboue, who was unhappy with a report published in UK Mirror that he was poor and homeless, said that he may have been misunderstood.When [people] say Emmanuel Eboue lost everything, its not nice,” the 37-year-old said, as reported by Citi Sports.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 wasnt worried about it because I expected that she was going to use it to take care of my children.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.Ebou’s divorce occurredwhen he was trying to pick himself back up from a one-year football ban for failing to pay a former agent.After that [divorce case], I left and returned back to Africa. I have my own properties in Africa and so I live with that,” the former player added.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 doesnt have anything, he cant eat, doesnt have a place to stay, its not true.”Eboue, who is now retired from football, made 79 appearances for Ivory Coast, scoring three goals, and played at two World Cups (2006 and 2010) and five Africa Cup of Nations.At club level, he spent eight seasons at Arsenal after arriving from Belgian side Beveren in 2004, before moving to Turkey in 2011, where he won three Turkish Super Lig titles and five domestic trophies with Galatasaray.