I was abandoned by my parents in an orphanage at two, now they ask me for money for life, says former Arsenal star

FORMER Arsenal striker Lucas Perez has opened up astir his hard upbringing and strained narration with his parents.

Perez kicked disconnected his nonrecreational playing vocation with Rayo Vallecano successful 2010 and went connected to play crossed Europe with the likes of Karpaty Lviv and PAOK.

Lucas Perez has revealed wherefore his strained narration with his parents contributed to his Deportivo exit past monthGetty

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Perez made 21 appearances for Arsenal aft joining successful 2016[/caption]

He spent different twelvemonth successful Spain with Deportivo La Coruna earlier sealing a immense determination to Arsenal, wherever helium scored 7 goals successful 21 appearances.

The striker past joined West Ham and spent different play successful London earlier returning to his homeland with Alaves.

Following abbreviated spells with Elche and Cadiz, Perez yet recovered his mode backmost to Deportivo.

However, helium was forced to permission past period owed to idiosyncratic reasons.

In a caller interrogation with El Partidazo de Cope, Perez revealed that his strained narration with his dad, who abandoned him arsenic a child, was a cardinal origin down his daze exit.

He besides opened up astir his hard puerility and explained that some of his parents present request wealth from him.

The 36-year-old divulged: “I was raised by my grandparents, my father’s parents.

“When I was two, my parents near maine successful an orphanage due to the fact that they couldn’t oregon didn’t privation to instrumentality attraction of me.

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“This season, I received a ailment from my begetter demanding that I wage attraction for the remainder of his life.

“From past on, I spent respective months until I near Deportivo with a batch of accent and a batch of anxiousness due to the fact that I had to relive precise hard moments successful my life.

“When I signed for Arsenal, my parent besides sent maine a burofax demanding money… but she can’t assertion it due to the fact that she’s not listed successful the associated custody.

“My grandparents asked for custody and, later, my grandma allowed my begetter to instrumentality over. I was fortunate to person my grandparents, but they couldn’t past arsenic agelong arsenic they should have.”

Discussing his caller exit from Deportivo and move to PSV Eindhoven, helium continued: “I’m leaving present due to the fact that the contented with my begetter continues. I’ve met him respective times this Christmas and it’s not a pleasant experience.

“Given that the concern astatine the nine wasn’t right, due to the fact that I didn’t consciousness valued oregon supported, I decided to beryllium honorable and archer them that I’m having a hard clip stepping aside.

“The nine and I spoke… There were 2 games near to scope the 20-year people with which I was going to renew and I didn’t privation to.

“Two days later, aft saying that we were going to instrumentality a break, I received a missive from the nine asking maine to motion a written committedness with them.

“I see that they don’t cognize what Deportivo means to maine and erstwhile determination is uncertainty similar that, the champion happening to bash is to measurement aside.”

Perez besides disputed claims that helium near Deportivo for fiscal reasons, insisting helium really stepped distant owed to his idiosyncratic situation.

“What begetter doesn’t privation to beryllium adjacent to his son? Obviously I privation to beryllium close, but if my occupation doesn’t let it… I was already acold distant from him,” helium added.

“What happened is that they (the media) person echoed a prevarication and I americium partially to blasted for having allowed them to bargain that lie. The idiosyncratic who released that accusation did truthful to wounded me.”

Perez signed a short-term woody upon his accomplishment astatine PSV earlier this week.

He is acceptable to stay astatine the nine until June unless his declaration is extended.

But the striker volition NOT beryllium eligible to play against Arsenal successful the Champions League round-of-16 due to the fact that PSV are incapable to adhd him to their already-submitted squad list.

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Perez signed for PSV earlier this week[/caption]