Former Cameroon international Geremi Njitap has filed for divorce having discovered that the two children that he raised were fathered by his wifeβs ex.
According to The Sun, the coupleβs twins were born after the playerβs wife Laure had a fling.
Geremi Njitap with the Cameroon national team at the AFCON 2002
Court documents in Cameroon say that the playerβs wife βdestroyed the harmonyβ of their marriage βthrough her abject behaviourβ.
It was also stated that she repeatedly lied and that no children have been born between her and Njitap.
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Njitap is said to have experienced a huge emotional shock following the discovery.
His wife had claimed that the twins, who were born in June 2008 (four years before their marriage), were his which motivated them to get married,
But he has now been left stunned by the revelations, saying that his wife psychologically damaged him.
Njitap played for Chelsea between 2003 and 2007, during which time he won two Premier League titles.
The 45-year-old played for Real Madrid and had a loan spell at Middlesbrough before later playing for Newcastle.