On Sunday, Emmanuel Sheyi Adebayor took to his Facebook account to slam younger brother Rotimi Adebyor for constantly stealing his properties. The footballer said his brother stole shirts given to him by late footballer Marc Vivien Foe and legend Zinedine Zidane. “In 2002, I went to play the AFCON in Mali and I had the huge privilege to swap my shirt with Marc-Vivien Foé. May his soul rest in peace. When I got back to Togo, I put that shirt in a secure place. My brother found a way to steal that shirt and sold it,” the 31-year-old told his over 900,000 followers.

However, despite being openly branded a thief by his big brother, Rotimi is remorseful for everything he has done against him [Emmanuel]. He want them to ‘sit like a family’ and bury the hatchet.

“I’m so sorry for everything that I’ve done wrong… I want to beg, forgive me,” said Rotimi, in an interview with BBC. “I want him [Emmanuel] to try and be with us again. To sit like a family, do things together. I pray to God that moment is coming soon.”

Rotimi is quite optimistic that the Adebayor family will be together again. He said: “People are laughing at us, but they will see us and they will cry… God’s time is the best, I wish my brother good luck.”