Leonel Alvarez, manager of
top Paraguayan club Libertad de Paraguay, has been sacked for sleeping with his
player's wife. It was reported on local media that the 51-year-old coach has
been secretly dating Patty Gonzalez, wife of star player, Edgar Benitez.
But the model has denied
the rumours in 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."
League A TV show in
Paraguay, Teleshow, claim that Libertad striker Tacuara Cardozo, is also said
to have been sleeping with the manager's girlfriend Johanna Garcia. Alvarez who
played for Colombia between 1985 and 1997, has been dating 31-year-old Garcia
since 2012 and they both have a daughter together. The Libertad boss who has
two other children from another relationship, is yet to make a statement but
his 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.”
Libertad's lawyer Gerardo
Acosta claimed Alvarez had neglected his "power of management over his
staff and players", but did not mention specifics. 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 fulfilment 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." Though Acosta 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.
Libertad who won their
first match of the Copa Libertadores are eighth on the table in the Paraguayan
Primera Division. Meanwhile, Legit.ng had earlier reported that AS Roma have
announced the sacking of Eusebio Di Francesco as club manager. Francesco's
sacking comes just a day after the Serie A giants were bundled out of the
Champions League in the round of 16.
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