Football legend Didier Drogba has revealed his ten-year marriage is over.
This comes after appearing in an intimate video in bed with a mystery woman.
He wrote on Instagram: “I don’t normally discuss my private life, but due to false media today I will confirm that sadly after 20 years together Lalla and I made the difficult decision to separate last year. We remain very close and our main focushas been our children and protecting them and the family’s privacy. God bless you all.”
The former Chelsea player met Lalla Diakate in the late 1990s in Paris and they got married in 2011.
The Ivory Coast striker Drogba has previously maintained a discreet private life as he tried to shield his loved ones from the limelight.
But he has been forced into making a statement confirming his relationship with Lalla was over after saucy images of him and an unknown woman set tongues wagging.
The photos and clips soon went viral on social media.
And they showed the bare-chested Blues idol in bed with a nearly-naked young woman.
In the film, which a representative claimed had been hacked, she playfully sinks her teeth into Drogba’s shoulder as he screams in pain.
He then speaks to her in French about being bitten, and appears to say: “She’s positive! She’ll infect me by biting me!”
That sparked headlines in Ivory Coast.
And it prompted him to break his silence and admit he and Mali-born Lalla have gone their separate ways.
