Former Newcastle star and billionaire Sammy Ameobi’s footballing life has taken a dramatic turn when he takes up an apprentice role earning just £360. The winger signed his first professional contract with the Magpies in 2010 and spent seven years at St James’ Park, breaking into the first team during the 2014/15 season. At the time, many believed he was destined to rub shoulders with the Premier League greats.
However, that dream began to crumble in 2016 when Newcastle were relegated from the Championship and manager Rafael Benitez deemed Ameobi did not meet the requirements. The pace of decline accelerated from there. After impressing during a loan spell with Bolton in League One, Ameobi joined the Trotters permanently and played a pivotal role in their survival in the Championship. Despite attracting interest from other clubs, he remained loyal to Bolton until financial difficulties forced him to leave in 2019.
He found stability at Nottingham Forest, making 77 league appearances in two seasons before signing for Middlesbrough. However, due to a knee injury, he missed all games in the 2021/22 season and was released. Ameobi, now 32, has not been with the club since leaving Boro and there was little news about his whereabouts until his appearance at Chester Magistrates’ Court on January 17.
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The former winger now earns just over 26 times more than he did during his time at Newcastle.
Ameobi, who was once described as a “true talent” by Ballon d’Or winner Michael Owen, has recently been in the news for all the wrong reasons after he was involved in a hit-and-run road accident and avoided a driving ban. I found out that A teenage girl in A&E. The former England Under-21 international was rushing to work to take up a new £360-a-week apprenticeship when he crashed his Audi E-Tron with a special plate into the back of another car. he claimed.
“What I did was clearly wrong and I understand that,” he told the court, according to The Sun newspaper. To be honest, I panicked at that moment. I’m not going to make any excuses. My wife and I had been in the hospital with our son the night before. He was choking on eczema medication. I couldn’t sleep at all. ”
Mr Ameobi was fined £240 by magistrates and given six penalty points on his driving license for failing to stop after the collision. For Premier League viewers, it’s a sad reminder of how Ameobi over-promised and ultimately under-delivered.
