Published 15:25 IST, May 5th 2020

Adebayor's team shows off luxury car collection to 'motivate' fans, faces backlash

Former Arsenal star Emmanuel Adebayor was the subject of intense criticism from the public recently after his team showed off his luxury car collection.

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Former Arsenal star Emmanuel ebayor was subject to intense criticism recently after his team showed off his luxury car collection while he undergoes isolation amid coronavirus lockdown. ebayor recently me helines after he decided against donating towards fight against coronavirus pandemic in his home country, Togo.

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ebayor car collection: Team posts car collection video during coronavirus lockdown

An Instagram account named 'Team_ebayor' posted a video of ebayor car collection that former Real Mrid striker possesses. accompanying caption with video res, "This video is t a mess to tell you « SEA has me it », but rar to say « You can do it too !». All you need to do is believing in yourself and keep working even when one is watching. Tag a friend who needs to see this", implying that y aim to inspire people amid coronavirus lockdown. However, people in Togo didn't take too kindly to ebayor car collection as y began criticising him for showing off his wealth in middle of a pandemic situation.

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ebayor car collection: Countrymen criticise striker

ebayor has been undergoing self-isolation in his native land of Togo. He received backlash in his country after it was reported that former Arsenal player h declined to donate towards fight against coronavirus, claiming that it wasn't his responsibility to donate. However, in past, ebayor has lent support in improving lives of children in Togo. He has also toured his country to play charity games, while also donating food and school supplies to impoverished and deprived children. 

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ebayor car collection: Striker accused of being virus carrier

ebayor was playing with Paraguayan side Olimpia before spre of pandemic that led to coronavirus lockdown. He joined Paraguayan outfit on a free transfer earlier this year from Turkish club Kayserispor. ebayor returned to his hometown after spre of virus, thus facing a backlash with some people accusing him of acting as a virus carrier back to his hometown, an accusation that ebayor has strongly denied. 

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15:25 IST, May 5th 2020