Infidelity is a common and footballers and their wives have had their fair share of infidelity scandals.
Some cases of cheating sparked bad blood in the round leather game and forced the players to quit the game.
Here are five players who slept with their teammate’s spouses
1. John Terry
The scandal of Terry sleeping with Wayne Bridge’s wife changed the careers of both players.
Terry was stripped of his captaincy with England while Bridge called it quits with the national team.
Both players were former teammates but when Bridge returned to Southampton, he refused to shake hands before a Premier League game.
2. Thibaut Courtois
The feud between the Real Madrid shot-stopper and Kevin De Bruyne still exists even though it happened in 2014.
De Bruyne cheated on his girlfriend’s best friend while she hit back at the Man City star by sleeping with Courtois.
The only thing bonding Courtois and De Bruyne is when they play for Belgium at international level.
3. Mauro Icardi
The Argentine star was friends with international teammate Maxi Lopez and his wife Wanda Nara but things took a dramatic turn when the couple divorced.
Icardi became friends with Wanda and they both became an item before getting married and started living together with Lopez’s four kids.
Icardi’s status with the Albiceste was affected and Lionel Messi was in support it before the matter was resolved years later.
4. Michael Ballack
When Ballack was captain of the German national team he had an illicit affair with Christian Lell’s lover who was his international teammate.
Lell was quoted saying: Ballack enters into other people’s lives and ruins them without further thought.
“Don’t get me wrong, though. There is no excuse for what he did, it was a low act.”
5. Mesut Ozil
Christian Lell was also at the receiving end of another scandal after Mesut Ozil was alleged to be sleeping with his girlfriend Melanie Rickinger.
The former Arsenal midfielder refused to comment on the issue despite Lell revealing Ozil’s flirting WhatsApp messages with his ex-lover.
