By Max Kiddle

With ex-professional footballer Wayne Bridge currently in the public eye on ITV’s ‘I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here’, John Terry’s sex scandal with Bridge’s ex-wife has to be one of the most high profile sex scandals in sport- but what are the top four sex scandals in football?

John Terry and Wayne Bridge

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In January 2010, it emerged that John Terry had been having a four month affair with team mate Wayne Bridge’s girlfriend, Vanessa Perroncel. Terry was a well-respected figure in the game and a role model for young footballers as England captain. Then England manager, Fabio Capello, removed the captaincy from Terry and replaced him with Rio Ferdinand. Terry was reinstated a year on. It also led to Bridge retiring from international football due to him not being able to play in the same team as Terry. Bridge also refused to shake Terry’s hand in a clash between Chelsea and Man City not long after the news emerged.

Wayne Rooney

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England captain Wayne Rooney was at the centre of an affair when escort Jennifer Thompson claimed the Manchester United star had paid her ‘£1000 a night’ for sex. This story escalated after wife Coleen Rooney announced she was pregnant. In an interview with the Sunday Mirror, Thompson claims that their ‘romps’ lasted up to six hours at a time. Furthermore, it is understood that Rooney first booked Thompson from an online agency before being privately booked by the England star.

Ashley Cole

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Again in 2010, which seems to be the year of footballer affairs, Ashley Cole split with Girls Aloud singer and wife Cheryl Cole. Earlier in the year, Cole had been accused of adultery with three woman but he denied these allegations and Cheryl stuck with him. However, more allegations were made later in the year which Cole himself admitted to having with more than one woman, resulting in a multi-million pound divorce between him and Cheryl.

Ryan Giggs

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Manchester United legend, Ryan Giggs, known as the ‘gentleman’ of football sensationally had been involved in an affair with his brother’s wife Natasha Giggs. The news emerged in 2011 that Giggs had been having an 8 year affair with his brother’s wife and did impregnate her during that time; the baby was aborted. Furthermore, Giggs had a 7 month affair with a woman named Imogen Thomas who had been on the reality TV show Big Brother. Giggs attempted to put a gagging order on Thomas spending £150,000 in the process on legal fees. Natasha Giggs then appeared on the 2011 version of the Celebrity Big Brother series outing her whole relationship with Ryan. The news was a massive shock to the footballing world as Giggs had built his reputation up to be a family man, parading his children around the pitch of Old Trafford at the end of every season. Ryan is still married to wife Stacey today.