Emmanuel Eboue has admitted that his struggle to cope with his year-long ban from football has driven him to consider suicide.
The Ivory Coast international is serving a one-year suspension from football imposed by FIFA as part of a dispute with an agent over an unpaid debt.
Eboue's contract at Sunderland was cancelled after FIFA awarded in favour of Sebastien Boisseau, who claims he is owed a fee reportedly close to £1million for his part in the defender's transfer to Galatasaray from Arsenal in 2011.
The 33-year-old is training with a semi-professional player in London in a bid to stay fit but he has revealed his isolation from the game over recent months has taken its toll.