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- Football fans want to know everything that happens around footballers. They even want to know the details of their personal lives.
- Football fans give so much attention to scandals involving footballers and their WAGs.
- Several footballers have fallen out over WAGs. Mauro Icardi and Maxi Lopez’s falling out got the attention of many fans.
Sportsleo brings you top footballers who fell out because of WAGs. Most football players try to keep their personal lives away from the fans. However, the public still gets information concerning the private lives of top players.
To begin with, football players are just ordinary people who also commit silly mistakes. Several footballers have fallen out over WAGs. Surprisingly, some footballers cheated on their WAGs with the WAGs of other footballers. Footballers like Mauro Icardi and Maxi Lopez are no longer friends because of WAGs.
This article will look at top footballers who fell out because of WAGs.
1. Mauro Icardi and Maxi Lopez
Mauro Icardi and Maxi Lopez were good friends when they were teammates at Sampdoria. However, their friendship turned sour when Icardi decided to cross boundaries by getting into Lopez’s private life.
Icardi got involved with Wanda Nara when she was married to Maxi Lopez. The love affair between Icardi and Wanda caused an uproar among the majority of football fans who criticized the Argentine.
Mauro Icardi and Maxi Lopez are among footballers who fell out because of WAGs. Photo/ Okdiario.
Wanda Nara and Maxi Lopez parted ways, and she moved in with her new lover, Mauro Icardi. Wanda and Icardi did not care what people were saying about them. Icardi went ahead and married Wanda Nara after their love affair became public. The couple lives with three children from Wanda’s previous marriage. Icardi got the names of Maxi Lopez’s three children tattooed on his body. He then made her his agent.
Maxi Lopez refused to shake Mauro Icardi’s hand when the two faced each other in 2014 during a Serie A match between Sampdoria and Inter Milan.
2. Michael Ballack and Christian Lell
Michael Ballack is widely regarded as one of the best German players of all time. The legendary footballer had a good reputation on the pitch. Unfortunately, Ballack could not maintain his good reputation off the pitch.
The former midfielder and Christian Lell were teammates at Bayern Munich and the German national team. Lell fell out with Ballack after finding out he had an affair with his wife. Daniella Aumann, Lell’s wife, cheated on her husband when he was Ballack’s teammate at Bayern. During an interview with Xpress, Lell accused Michael Ballack of entering people’s lives and ruining without a second thought.
3. John Terry And Wayne Bridge
John Terry is another player who had a good reputation on the pitch but couldn’t maintain the same away from the pitch. The former Chelsea captain is one of the most controversial England footballers.
Terry and Wayne Bridge’s fallout caused huge controversy in the Premier League in the early 2010s. Rumours spread that the former Chelsea captain and Vanessa Perroncel, Wayne Bridge’s ex-girlfriend, had an affair. The affair happened after Bridge and Vanessa Perroncel parted ways.
Terry and Vanessa denied the allegations when media outlets interviewed them. The media kept following the scandal until John Terry went to court to get an injunction order. However, the court did not make a ruling in favour of John Terry.
Wayne Bridge was upset with the reports and refused to shake Terry’s hand during a Premier League match between Chelsea and Manchester City in February 2010. Wayne again refused to shake hands with Terry in April 2011 before a game when he was playing for West Ham.
4. Kevin De Bruyne and Thibaut Courtois
Thibaut Courtois and Kevin De Bruyne are among footballers who fell out because of WAGs. The two are part of Belgium’s golden generation. However, the two are just teammates and not friends. The relationship between Courtois and De Bruyne suffered a setback in 2014 when the midfielder’s ex-girlfriend had an affair with the Real Madrid goalkeeper.
Caroline Lijnen, De Bruyne’s ex-girlfriend told Tribuna magazine that she had an affair with Courtois after De Bruyne cheated on her with her best friend. She even made things worse by saying that she found comfort in Courtois’ arms.
De Bruyne’s ex-girlfriend Caroline Lijnen had an affair with Courtois. Photo/ Football Addict.
