The ex wife of Argentina star Exequiel Palacios is threatened to sell his World Cup winners' medal and shirt from the final.
Palacios, who plays for Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen, made three appearances as Argentina went all the way at the showpiece in Qatar - including coming off the bench in the semi-finals against Croatia.
But over a year on from the triumph, his former partner Yesica Frias is claiming she will auction off his precious mementos from his greatest achievement.
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Frias alleges that Palacios has not been paying for the apartment she lives in and plans to sell his prizes possessions to afford the property.
On Instagram story she posted a picture with a man holding the signed Palacios' shirt, complete with the caption: "The buyer of the first shirt! One less installment".
That was followed up by Frias sharing a post from @Fede10426, who posed with the World Cup winners' medal alongside the same man in the first image.
The caption stated: "With my friend @alexistroncoso95 and @yesifrias thanks for the attention friend, hopefully the sale will help".
Palacios and Frias met in a Buenos Aires nightclub in 2018 when he was playing for River Plate.
They got married in 2021 but have been in the process of finalising divorce proceedings.
However, Frias is said to be refusing to sign papers as she is now happy the finances proposed.
"I am going to sell all the shirts and the World Cup champion medal to pay for the apartment," she said on the Argentine TV programme Socios del Espectaculo.
"I try to work, but I was four years by his side, he told me that he was not going to finish paying it off because he did not know if it was going to stay with him or not. And I'm just asking for what I deserve, what we did together, and for him to sign the divorce."
SPORTbible has contacted Palacios' representatives for comments.
Topics: Argentina, Football World Cup
Josh Lawless