07.11.2025 20:49
One of the most talked-about scandals in the football world, the Wanda Nara-Mauro Icardi-Maxi Lopez triangle, has resurfaced years later. Former Argentine footballer Gonzalo Bergessio claimed in a recent statement that the Sicilian mafia had offered Maxi Lopez a revenge proposal against Icardi during that time.
In 2008, the couple Maxi Lopez and Wanda Nara got married, but they parted ways in 2013 after the scandal involving Lopez's teammate Mauro Icardi. This incident caused a huge stir in the football world, and in 2014, Wanda Nara and Icardi got married.
The echoes of the scandal flared up again years later. Former Argentine footballer Gonzalo Bergessio claimed that the Sicilian mafia had offered revenge against Icardi to Maxi Lopez at that time.
"MAXI SAVED HIS LIFE"
Bergessio stated in an interview on the Más de una Copa program on DSports Radio, "They told Maxi: 'If you want, we can follow that guy.' Maxi replied, 'No, no, let this end here,'" he said.
Bergessio, emphasizing that he was a direct witness to the incident, said, "I was there; no one told me about it. They really wanted to go after him. If you ask me if Maxi saved his life, then yes, literally."
SHOCKING CLAIM FROM ANOTHER WITNESS
Another footballer, Pablo Alvarez, also confirmed Bergessio's claims. Alvarez alleged that a well-known local crime figure forced Icardi to leave the team directly without renewing his contract.
THE SCANDAL HAS NOT ENDED OVER THE YEARS
Although Wanda Nara and Icardi's marriage will end in 2025, this forbidden love story has been etched in the memory of the football world. Now, despite the years that have passed, these mafia-related claims that have emerged have brought the incident back to the headlines.