Chelsea title Emmanuel Eboue’s son in first Premier League squad weeks after estranged ex-Arsenal star’s heartbreaking interview
Chelsea named Mathis Eboue – son of ex-Arsenal defender Emmanuel – among the many substitutes for Saturday’s Premier League match in opposition to Liverpool.
The 17-year-old ahead took his place on the bench for the lunchtime conflict at Anfield – stay on talkSPORT – having been given the nod by Blues’ interim boss Calum McFarlane.
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Eboue, who joined Chelsea from Watford in January 2025 earlier than penning an expert deal on the membership in February, has gone on to impress for the Beneath-18s this season.
He has netted ten targets in 29 appearances whereas additionally that includes for Chelsea within the Beneath-19 UEFA Youth League and Beneath-21 PL2.
And it’s not simply at membership degree the place Eboue has been making waves.
The starlet broke into the England youth squad final yr and opened his worldwide account within the 2-1 win over Israel in September.
His first call-up to Chelsea’s senior squad – and first involvement in a Premier League squad – indicators an enormous supply of pleasure for the Eboue household.
Household heartbreak
Nonetheless, the information comes simply weeks after former Gunners star Emmanuel revealed how he didn’t know his son was signing an expert contract with Chelsea.
The 42-year-old, who spent seven years on the Emirates Stadium, disclosed that he has not seen Mathis for “4, practically 5 years” after divorcing his spouse, Aurelie Bertrand, in 2017.
“I really feel very unhappy as a result of when he signed for Chelsea, I wasn’t there,” he advised The fifth Home Podcast two weeks in the past.
“So his mum didn’t name me additionally, so I didn’t even know.
“Earlier than I used to be speaking with him. However now, since 4, practically 5 years, I didn’t even have any contact with him.
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“So this stuff, after I’m speaking about, it’s paining me loads as a result of he’s my son.
“After which after I was with him, I train him additionally the best way to play soccer. I’ve some video of me and him once we have been taking part in.
“To be trustworthy, I’m very joyful for him. I didn’t even assume that he will probably be there, however now I’m very very joyful for him.
“However inside, in my physique, I’m crying as a result of I wish to be nearer to my son to assist him.”
The ex-Arsenal and Galatasaray full-back admitted he was delivered to tears watching his son signify England U17s.
He additionally spoke of his ache at not seeing his daughter for a very long time.
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Requested what he would say to his son, if given the chance, he mentioned: “I’m all the time praying to God for that point.
“I’m all the time praying to God for that point, as a result of as I advised you earlier than, I noticed him taking part in with the England Beneath-17s.
“I watch him and after I noticed him like this, even my new spouse is aware of, I cry.
“I mentioned: ‘Usually it’s me. I’ve to be near my son’.
“OK, I had an issue earlier than along with his mum, however the son, my child, they don’t have to be concerned with that.
“It is just the mum and me. However simply now, I don’t wish to say what I’ve to say to my son as a result of I simply wish to see him.
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“It’s my prayer. Daily I pray for my children as a result of my two women, it’s also a really very long time since I noticed them.
“I don’t wish to go to England, as a result of I don’t wish to go to England after which I’m not going to see them.
“I desire to remain out, keep in my nation, however I all the time pray for them. I pray, I say: ‘God, please, in the future, I wish to see my children’.
“It isn’t solely my son, however all of them, as a result of I’ve huge, huge women. I wish to see them, as a result of they miss me.
“Even, as I advised you, I don’t have any current footage. The images that I’ve are previous ones, the place they’re children.
“Even after I ask for some new footage from the mum, she refused to offer it to me.”
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