Former Arsenal and Sunderland defender Emmanuel Eboue has told SFR Sport that his year-long FIFA-imposed ban from football has been "like being in prison."
Eboue, 33, has been unable to play or even train with any club since late March last year after he was suspended by FIFA for failing to pay a reported near-€1 million debt to his former agent, Sebastien Boisseau.
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"It's a bit like being in prison where you can't do anything, because FIFA said even training with any club, I can't," the former Ivory Coast international, who spent seven years at Arsenal, said.