`A Call From Arsenal Changed My Life`– Quincy Owusu Abeyie Discloses
Quincy joined Arsenal from Ajax Academy in 2003 and went on to make only five senior appearances for the Gunners
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Former Ghanaian international Quincy Owusu Abeyie has revealed that joining Arsenal at a young age changed his life.
Owusu-Abeyie disclosed that he grew up in a neighbourhood where he could have easily be on the streets but a call from the then Arsene Wender`s Arsenal changed transformed his life and sprung him to success.
The ex-Gunner joined Arsenal from Ajax Academy in 2003 and went on to make only five senior appearances for the Gunners in his three years at the club.
Speaking to The Athletic, Quincy said,”If it wasn’t for Arsenal, maybe I would have led definitely a different life.
“Maybe I would have just a normal nine to five, maybe I would have been a street guy, I don’t know… but fortunately I got that phone call.
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“I was born and raised in Amsterdam. Bijlmermeer is the area — it’s basically the ‘hood. It wasn’t easy. Sometimes you might be on the block and you might hear a gunshot, or you might hear that someone got stabbed. When I got that phone call, I said ‘Arsenal? Who doesn’t want to play for Arsenal?!
“That moment when I met Arsene Wenger is when it sort of sank in, when I realised… It’s not on TV anymore. So I looked at my agent, and my agent looked at me, and it was like, ‘Boy… I gotta get the job done'.”
The 33-year-old has hanged his boots and now pursuing a new career as a rapper.
