Emmanuel Eboue: Last News

Queen and Prince Philip were once left laughing at a bizarre request from ex-Arsenal star Emmanuel Eboue.Eboue, 38, was Arsenal’s dressing room joker between 2004 and 2011, during which there was never a dull moment with the Ivorian around. The marauding right-back’s great sense of humour has seen him memed a number of times over the years.And an encounter with Queen Elizabeth II during the Arsenal squad’s visit to Buckingham Palace in 2007 proved there is no limit to his tomfoolery. On that occasion, he ignored the warnings of captain Thierry Henry and left both her majesty and Prince Philip laughing after boldly asking to look after her corgis.Eboue recalled the hilarious incident to The Telegraph, saying: "We went there and Thierry Henry said to me: 'Please, Emmanuel, this is Buckingham Palace, it's the Queen's house, don't do anything.' 'No problem,' I said.

Premier League during the league's 30 seasons have endured poor runs of form or simply been downright bad.However, a select few have put in stand-out performances that are remembered simply for just how bad they were that day.Whether it is scoring multiple own goals, repeatedly losing the ball, conceding a penalty, being sent off or all of the above, some players have suffered some terrible days at the office in the past.Including David Luiz, Jamie Carragher and Massimo Taibi, here are the eight worst performances in the history of the Premier League.After just over three months without a competitive fixture due to lockdown in the spring of 2020, players could have been forgiven for being rusty as Arsenal travelled to the Etihad to play

Arsenal defender Emmanuel Eboue is one of football’s funniest characters - and the most hilarious moment of his career came during the 2010 World Cup.During Ivory Coast’s final group outing against North Korea, the latter’s captain Hong Yong-jo was called over for a brief mid-game team talk with manager Kim Jong-Hun.Ivory Coast were 3-0 up at the time, but that didn’t stop Eboue from following Yong-jo over to the touchline to listen to his coach’s instructions.Despite not understanding a single word of the language, the right-back left fans in stitches by nodding along and agreeing before sprinting off.And a clip of Eboue’s iconic joke, which remains one of the most memorable World Cup moments in recent memory, has recently gone viral on