Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is being dragged into a love triangle featuring former Blues winger Kevin de Bruyne.
The woman who cheated on De Bruyne with his Belgium team-mate Courtois has revealed that she had the affair after the Wolfsburg midfielder strayed with her former best friend.
Rumours about a love-triangle between Caroline Lijnen and the duo first began in April 2013 but she has now spoken out, confirming that she was intimate with Courtois after De Bruyne admitted that he'd cheated on her.
Speaking to Belgian publication Story Magazine, she said: "Kevin cheated on me. I did not say anything for months because I couldn't say anything, as Kevin's parents said they would take legal action if I gave my story. I was under pressure and I could not have contact with Kevin.
"I respected everything. But in his book Keep it Simple Kevin wrote a passage about my affair with Thibaut. So, I decided to remain silent no longer.
"In the summer of 2012, Kevin told me that he had an affair with my old best friend. I gave him the choice: her or me. I was ready to give him another chance, but our relationship was never the same afterwards.
"[I then went to Madrid, and even] Kevin thought that this trip was a good idea. I asked him beforehand. But then something happened that should never have happened.
"That evening, Thibaut offered me what I had not received during a three-year relationship with Kevin. With Thibaut, I could talk about anything and everything and he had even prepared me a delicious meal. Kevin never did it for me.
"Kevin had deceived me and I thought "Why shouldn't I do that too?'"
