'My brother stole 21 phones within a few months in his football academy' - Emmanuel Adebayor

Tottenham striker Emmanuel Adebayor has publicly laid bare some of the personal issues that has been bothering him and disrupted his career.
The 31-year-old Togo international who was granted personal leave by his club last December On Tuesday posted a lengthy message on his Facebook page, giving an insight into the cause of what he described in March as his "dark moments".

In the post Adebayor revealed the financial burden of supporting his family as well as ongoing conflicts.
However, he urged his readers to "keep in mind that none of this is about money" and said the "main purpose is not to expose my family members. I just want other African families to learn from this".
He wrote:
"I have kept these stories for a long time but I think today it is worth sharing some of them with you. It's true that family matters should be solved internally and not in public but I am doing this so that hopefully all families can learn from what happened in mine."
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