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Big brother says Spurs ace Adebayor "BRAINWASHED" by "spiritual men"

Tottenham star Emmanuel Adebayor continues to find himself at the centre of an amazing family scandal. Adebayor's older brother Kola claims the Spurs ace has been brainwashed by Islamic spiritual healers into thinking their mother used black magic to sabotage his form on the pitch.

Kola, 42, a truck driver based in Bremen, Germany, told The Sun on Sunday: "[Emmanuel] has been brainwashed by these Muslim alfas - spiritual men - who prophesise when he scores goals and why he is not playing well.

"They have convinced him his sister and mother put juju curses on him. My mother is very sad. Every day she is crying. I just talked to her on the phone and she was crying again."

Adebayor was recently moved to deny accusations from his sister Maggie that he had kicked their mum Alice out of his house in Africa because he thought she had performed Juju curses on him.

Kola tells The Sun that he sends Alice 400 euros a month. He says he is "angry" at his brother and that Emmanuel's financial snub has "left our family in poverty".

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