ARSENAL icon Emmanuel Eboue says he was terrifyingly confronted by a raging fan who threatened to kill him in a fierce Turkish derby.
The former right-back, 42, left the Emirates Stadium for Galatasaray in 2011.
And Eboue has revealed that he feared for his life after shining in a savage clash with arch-rivals Besiktas.
The Arsenal cult hero was pelted with a bottle before an irate supporter than clambered onto the pitch and made a sickening death threat.
At the launch of Ladisfaction, Eboue told Ladbrokes: “I remember we were playing against Besiktas one time, and we needed to win the game to win the league.
“I was playing against Ricardo Quaresma, who was their best player at the time, but on that day he did nothing against me.
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“I played so well, but the Besiktas fans nearby had hid an empty glass bottle and threw it at my back.
“One fan came down on the pitch and was running towards me to fight with me.
“He actually jumped down from the stands and ran towards me after I’d complained about being hit with a bottle.
“I don’t remember who it was, but one of my team-mates shouted to tell me there was a Besiktas fan behind me. I turned around and saw this angry fan, threatening to kill me.
“Just because his player couldn’t get past me, he was threatening to kill me.
“Everyone jumped in and ended up stopping this guy. I just asked him if he was mad!”
Furious Besiktas fans then barricaded Eboue and his team-mates in the stadium after Galatasaray bagged all three points.
The ex-Ivory Coast international, who won the FA Cup and made 214 appearances for Arsenal, added: “We won the game and went on to win the title.
“So, after the game, their supporters decided to block our bus and stop us from leaving the stadium.
“We finished the game at, say, 10pm, but we didn’t leave the stadium until around 1am because their fans wouldn’t let us leave.”