Colombian coach sacked for allegedly sleeping with his player’s wife

Leonel Alvarez, a Colombian coach who manages Paraguayan club, Libertad de Paraguay, has been sacked for reportedly sleeping with his player’s wife.

Reports say the 51-year-old coach has been secretly dating Patty Gonzalez, a model and wife of the club’s midfielder Edgar Benitez.

The model however denied the rumours on social media:

I assure you it’s completely false. From my side, it’s clearer and I hope people from the club clear up the situation at some point. The truth is that we have nothing to do with the situation, we are unconnected with what happened.

Alvarez’s assistant Ruben Dario Bedoya told reporters:

We came to training at 7.30am but they didn’t let us go in. It doesn’t seem professional to us, it’s shocking treatment. It surprised us because if a decision is made, one must be allowed to enter and take their belongings. It’s disrespectful.

He told a press conference:

It has been decided to end the working relationship with Leonel Alvarez and his technical staff for motives only linked with the fulfillment of his contract.
Alvarez’s contract establishes a series of obligations, one of which deals with his power of management over his own technical staff and the squad of players, along with his relationship with the Governing Board.
Incidents happened last week which made us consider these obligations unfulfilled.

He added: 

All the stories that appeared are the product of the fantasy of malicious people, who want to affect the reputation and good reputation of players and families of the club.