JAKARTA - Former Arsenal star Alex Song has laid the groundwork for his retirement by setting up a construction company and building a flat in his cameroonian hometown of Douala.
The 33-year-old, who recently captained U.S. Arta Solar while capturing Djibouti's national title, has shared details of his new venture on social media.
After launching the Canadian International School and University last October, Song uploaded a clip of the building site on his Instagram account.
"Nokay 17 Residences, number two," she captioned the upload alongside three hourglass emojis.
Last year, Song revealed about his career when asked about Arsenal.
"I spent eight years at Arsenal, but it wasn't the last four years that I was able to say that I was starting to get a good life, because my salary was increasing rapidly," he was quoted as saying by the Daily Star.
'I wasted a lot of money, I went for expensive dinners, walks and holidays, for eight years I couldn't even keep £100,000 in my bank account.
'I think I'm a millionaire, but the truth is not, I make £15,000 a week.'
He then added: "I signed my first professional contract and I was so excited, I came to training and saw [Thierry] Henry arrive in his car, which was a gem, and I thought I needed the same car no matter how much it cost.
"Since I became a footballer, I could go to the dealership, sign some documents and they would give you a car, that's how I ended up in the same car as Henry.
"After two months, I understood that my money was going to run out and I instead asked for a Toyota."
Then Barcelona were interested in recruiting Song. Despite the growing money, Song did not get a regular place at Camp Nou.
He returned to training with the Gunners in January 2018, but Wenger insisted he would not be offered a new six-year contract following his first departure.
He was loaned out to West Ham before appearing for Rubin Kazan, Sion and now Arta Solar.
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