Ryan Giggs has found himself hitting headlines once again, this time for an alleged extra-marital eight-year affair with his brother’s wife.
UK's News Of The World has claimed that the Manchester United star embarked on a relationship with his 28-year-old sister-in-law Natasha.
Following his alleged affair with Big Brother star Imogen Thomas, who was gagged with a super-injunction, now more claims of betrayal have stunned his fans.
The News Of The World yesterday claimed that the multi-millionaire footballer even spent the night with estate agent Natasha last month on April 9.
The tabloid also alleged that Giggs was seeing Natasha behind his wife Stacey’s back while she was pregnant.
The 37-year-old former BBC Sports Personality of the Year is said to have met his brother’s wife in a string of hotels, after first meeting Natasha when she was single in 2003.
A friend of Natasha told the newspaper: "I knew it was wrong. It’s the worst possible betrayal. I tried to end it but my relationship with Ryan was like an addiction. Anything he said, I did, I couldn’t say no."
She continued that it was all on the footballer’s terms and he never told her he loved her.
" 'Ryan was never romantic with me. It was all about sex'," the friend said.
Giggs is said to have met Natasha eight years ago in Manchester nightclub Sugar Lounge, when she was 20.
She had apparently recently split from the father of her first child and Giggs was engaged to his now wife Stacey.
Natasha’s friend revealed that he apparently bought her drinks and complimented her appearance before taking her number and allegedly asking her to meet him the following night.
The following night they went to the Living Room bar, where Natasha also met Ryan’s brother Rhodri.
The trio continued to another club and then dined at a Chinese restaurant for a meal before heading back to a friend’s house.
The source told the tabloid that this was where Natasha allegedly first slept with Ryan, but afterwards found out that the star had a pregnant girlfriend.
After confronting him about Stacey, Ryan allegedly asked Natasha if he could trust her and claims he didn’t mention his fiancée again.
But Giggs is claimed to have kept in touch with Natasha and regularly met up with her to have sex.
But in May 2003, Natasha started dating his brother Rhodri and two months later Ryan apparently stopped contacting her.
They are said to have met up at a New Year's party at his mother’s house though and Ryan apparently pretended to Stacey that he didn’t know Natasha.
After that they didn’t see each other for a year but Natasha’s friend claims Ryan contacted her once again to resume the alleged affair in the autumn of 2004.
Natasha’s friend said: ‘I then read that Stacey had kicked him out. And a friend told me that they thought Stacey had found a message on Ryan’s phone. I wondered if it was from me.’
Meanwhile, Rhodri proposed to Natasha in 2005 and Ryan was meant to be his best man.
Natasha fell pregnant to Rhodri later that year, but is claimed to have still slept with Ryan during a charity golf tournament in June 2006, according to the newspaper.
Natasha and Rhodri’s son was born in August 2006, while Stacey gave birth to Ryan’s second child Zach two months later.
In June 2008, rumours of the fling had apparently been spreading around Manchester and Natasha is said to have been confronted by one of Ryan’s ex-girlfriends with the question whether it was true.
But as the alleged affair didn’t come out, Rhodri and Natasha finally wed in 2010, but with another pal Will Mellor stepping in as best man instead of Ryan.
The allegations come after Ryan Gigg’s alleged affair with former Miss Wales Imogen Thomas surfaced last month.
The pair are said to have had a six month fling, which Imogen is still prohibited from discussing due to a super-injunction gagging her.
Imogen Thomas was "upset and shocked" to learn of new allegations about Ryan Giggs and the footballer's superinjunction looks set to become the worst own goal of his career, Max Clifford said.
Giggs was named in Parliament as the footballer alleged to have had an affair with the Big Brother model after frenzied speculation on the internet, despite a High Court injunction.
Yesterday’s allegations that the Man U star had also carried out an eight year affair with his brother's wife Natasha, are said to have truly upset Thomas.
Natasha only came forward after learning of his alleged relationship with Imogen Thomas, said Mr Clifford.
But Imogen Thomas had no plans to reveal their relationship in the first place, and had Giggs not taken out the injunction it would have remained secret, he said.
He said: "I spoke to Imogen this morning and I told her she needs to talk to her legal advisors, because a lot of things were put up in court about her which were very damaging.
"That's what she's doing and she's going to get back to me and let me know what she wants to do.
"She was upset and shocked [by yesterday's story] and she had absolutely no idea.
"The irony of it of course is that what came to light it was as a result of taking out an injunction which named Imogen that led to Natasha realising what had been going on.
"The superinjunction has not only been incredibly damaging for him, but it has led to what has come out in the News of the World today.
"You wouldn't say it's the greatest goal he's ever scored, would you? A huge own goal comes to mind, or even two own goals, because if he had kept quiet about Imogen Thomas it would never have come out.
"Instead it led to his sister in law becoming very angry and upset when she found out about it and that led to what came out today in the News of the World.
"All the superinjunction has done is turn a bad situation into an absolute nightmare."
Imogen wrote on her Twitter page yesterday afternoon: "I just wanna curl up and die today".
