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Matthäus splits from fourth wife

Former German international and World Cup-winning skipper Lothar Matthäus has split from fourth wife Liliana and is considering divorce after just a year of marriage, Bunte magazine reported Tuesday.

Matthäus splits from fourth wife
Will that be a table for two or just one? Photo: DPA

“I don’t like the word divorce, but I am going to seek counsel,” said 1990 World Cup star Matthaus. “I have the impression Liliana is subject to some bad advice,” added the former Bayern Munich and Inter Milan star.

One-time model Liliana, 22, met Matthäus at Munich’s Oktoberfest beer festival in 2007 and the pair quickly became a couple. But she left the family home early last month while insisting nobody else was involved.

“Sunday evening she came to see me saying she still loved me and that she missed me but that she needed time to think,” said Matthäus, who tied the knot with Liliana on New Year’s Day last year in Las Vegas.

Matthäus, who has yet to shine as a football coach, has not shied from airing colourful personal life in public and his amorous travails have been eagerly devoured by the German media.

He was married to first wife Sylvia from 1981 to 1992, Swiss second wife Lolita from 1994 to 1999 and then was with Serbian Marijana from 2003 to 2007.

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