- Outgoing FIFA chief allegedly had a relationship with the Russian model
- The unlikely pair are said to have dated some time between 2002 and 2014
- Sensational
claims emerged in an article titled: 'All the women in Blatter's life',
which appeared in respected Spanish newspaper El Mundo
- Disgraced 79-year-old is known to have had a string of younger lovers
- Many of Blatter's ex partners are believed to be friends of his daughter
Published:
11:15 GMT, 5 June 2015
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Updated:
11:46 GMT, 5 June 2015
Disgraced
FIFA President Sepp Blatter has been named as a former lover of model
Irina Shayk in a bombshell story which is making headlines across the
world.
Spanish daily El Mundo made the sensational claim about the roving-eyed
football chief and Cristiano Ronaldo's ex girlfriend in a piece
published yesterday titled 'All the women in Blatter's life.'
It
declared the 79-year-old 'had a relationship' with the Russian beauty
after dating tennis player Ilona Boguska but before meeting glamourous
Linda Barras, 50.
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Unlikely
pair: Sepp Blatter (left) has been named as a former lover of model
Irina Shayk (right) in a bombshell story which is making headlines
across the world
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Respected Spanish daily El Mundo made
the sensational claim about the roving-eyed football chief and Cristiano
Ronaldo's ex girlfriend (right) in a piece published yesterday titled
'All the women in Blatter's life'
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Revelation: Sepp Blatter, 79,
reportedly 'had a relationship' with Russian beauty Shayk (pictured) at
sometime between 2002 and 2014. 29-year-old Shayk dated Cristiano
Ronaldo from 2010 until earlier this year
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Irina Shayk was in a relationship with Portuguese footballer Cristiano Ronaldo from 2010 to 2015.[
Blatter began seeing Polish-born Ilona, a friend of his daughter Corinne, in 1995 and they separated in 2002, it is claimed.
They
dated again after Blatter's short 2002 marriage to Graziella Bianca - a
dolphin trainer who was also a friend of his daughter.
Blatter
is understood to have become close to Swiss socialite Barras at the
beginning of 2014 and has been described as her boyfriend by Swiss and
other international press even though her husband Christian insists they
are just 'close friends.'
The article linking Blatter to Shayk was written by El Mundo's Berlin-based correspondent Rosalia Sanchez.
She
said today following the international repercussions of her piece that
the Russian had been named by a 'Swiss source' while she was
investigating the outgoing FIFA chief's love life.
El
Mundo's claims about Blatter and Shayk - a guest of Prince Charles at a
recent Buckingham Palace party - were being echoed across the world
today.
Headlines
about the supposed affair appeared on news sites as far afield as Peru,
Portugal, Mexico and Vietnam as well as on social networking sites
including Twitter.
MailOnline has approached Shayk's representatives for a comment.
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Claims:
Sepp Blatter is said to have 'had a relationship' with Irina Shayk after
separating from tennis player Ilona Boguska (left) in 2002 but before
meeting glamourous Linda Barras (right) in 2014
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Shayk (left) dated Real Madrid and Portugal star Cristiano Ronaldo (right) from 2010 until splitting this year
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Sensational claims: El Mundo's
comments about Blatter and Shayk (pictured) - a guest of Prince Charles
at a recent Buckingham Palace party - were being echoed across the world
today
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Irina Shayk (left and right) made her acting debut alongside Dwayne Johnson in the 2014 film Hercules
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Ireland FA chief executive John
Delaney (right) claims Sepp Blatter recently stared at his girlfriend
Emma English (left) for several seconds before saying he 'approved'.
Delaney told the FIFA head to 'move on'
Some
attributed the information to 'several national and international
media' and failed to mention El Mundo as the original source.
Wikipedia,
which described Blatter as a 'Swiss tosser' last week after his page
was hacked, has so far made no mention of the FIFA chief's friendship
with Irina Shayk.
The
controversial soccer boss was described by one paper last week as a a
'short, bald despot with a leering eye for women half his age'.
He
announced his resignation on Tuesday just three days after winning a
fifth term as president amid a corruption scandal that continues to rock
world football.
Football
Association of Ireland chief executive John Delaney revealed yesterday
that he told Blatter to 'move on' after the outgoing FIFA president eyed
his partner Emma English before saying he 'approved' of her.
Mr Delaney told RTE Radio One during an interview: 'He met Emma, my partner, in Vienna recently.
'He
stared at her for seven or eight seconds and he said, 'I approve of
your new girlfriend'...I asked him to move on, move on please,' he said.
'She
is a great girl. I love her very much. It was an extraordinary moment.
If she was here she would tell you herself... He stared at her and I
said 'move on' and he did,' Mr Delaney added.
