Paraguayan club Libertad de Paraguay fired the coach despite winning their first match of the Copa Libertadores 4-1.

Alvarez, 51, is rumoured in local media to have been having a secret fling with Patty Gonzalez, the wife of Libertad midfielder Edgar Benitez.

However, she has taken to social media and denied the rumours, insisting that they are false and has implored those at the club to clear up the speculation.

Bizarrely, the report takes another twist as it’s claimed that Libertad striker Tacuara Cardozo has had an affair with Alvarez’s girlfriend, and so perhaps that ties in with what Gonzalez has claimed.

“I assure you it’s completely false,” she is quoted as saying. “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.”

Paraguayan TV show Teleshow claim that aside from Alvarez being rumoured to have had an affair with Gonzalez, Libertad striker Tacuara Cardozo is said to have had s*x with Alvarez’s own girlfriend, model Johanna Garcia, 31.

Former Colombia star Alvarez, who won 101 caps between 1985 and 1997, has been dating Garcia, 20 years his junior since 2012 and the couple have a daughter together.

Alvarez, who has two other children from another relationship, is yet to make a statement on the situation 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.”