Så lige denne anekdote om Eboue. Han var sgu en sjov type. Der er vel ikke nogen i truppen i dag som kommer tæt på hans personlighed?
Emmanuel Eboue on visiting Buckingham Palace in February 2007: “We went there & Thierry Henry said to me, ´Please, Emmanuel, it´s the Queen´s house, don´t do anything´. ´No problem,´ I said, ´Don´t worry´. So the Queen came in & went along shaking each player´s hand.”
“After she´d finished, I saw all her corgis so I said, ´Ma´am, Ma´am´. She turned back & asked, ´How are you?´. I said, ´Ma´am, I am okay thank you, but please, I don´t want to be a footballer any more, I want to look after your dogs.’”
“[I said to the Queen] I want to take them for walks, wash them, feed them. I want to be a dog carer. The Queen, honestly, she was laughing. Prince Philip was laughing too. All the team were laughing!”