London: Manchester United star Ryan Giggs has suffered another blow to his reputation with accusations that he had an eight-year fling with his brother's wife.
The News of the World said the footballer had spent a night with his brother Rhodri's wife, Natasha, as recently as April.
The allegations come on the back of the controversy surrounding the father of two and the use of super-injunctions in Britain.
Giggs was last month outed in British parliament as the high-profile sportsman who had used gagging orders to stop allegations of an affair with former Miss Wales Imogen Thomas becoming public.
The former 'BBC Sports Personality of the Year' has been known for his cleanskin reputation since making his debut for United more than two decades ago.
"I knew it was wrong. It's the worst possible betrayal," Natasha told a friend this week according to the Sunday tabloid.
"I tried to end it but my relationship with Ryan was like an addiction. Anything he said, I did; I couldn't say no."
Giggs is said to have met his brother's wife in a string of hotels after first meeting her when she was single in 2003.
"Ryan and I had already had an affair for eight years. What's to say that it wouldn't have carried on for another eight years?
"It is a terrible secret that I have had to keep for too long now," Natasha is reported as saying.
Giggs is said to have met Natasha eight years ago at a Manchester nightclub when the footballer was engaged to his now wife, Stacey.
The following night they went to a bar where she met Ryan's younger brother, Rhodri.
In June 2008, rumours of the affair had apparently been spreading around Manchester and Natasha was confronted by one of Ryan's ex-girlfriends and asked if it was true.
But as the alleged affair didn't come out, Rhodri and Natasha finally wed in 2010 with another pal, Will Mellor, stepping in as best man instead of Ryan.
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