Manchester City players show support for Wayne Bridge over Terry scandal

Manchester City's players showed their support for Wayne Bridge by wearing T-shirts emblazoned with the words "Team Bridge" during their 2-0 victory over Portsmouth on Sunday.

The City defender's ex-girlfriend, Vanessa Perroncel, has been at the centre of a media storm after an alleged affair with John Terry, Bridge's former Chelsea team-mate.

"The players are very close to Wayne," Roberto Mancini, the City manager, said. "He is a fantastic player and a good guy. It was a nice gesture."

Bridge, who missed the match at the City of Manchester Stadium with a knee injury, released a statement on Saturday saying that he would not be commenting about the reports of the alleged affair.

Terry's wife Toni begs 'mistress' to bare all

England footballer John Terry's devastated wife Toni had a screaming phone conversation with his alleged mistress Vanessa Perroncel,
ex-girlfriend of Terry's former teammate Wayne Bridge, after news of their affair broke, it has now emerged.

In an astonishing confrontation, Toni demanded that model Perroncel tell her every detail about their secret relationship. Apparently, the French beauty managed to persuade Toni that there had been no affair.

But if the news of the affair turns out to be true then Terry could be drawn into a £50m divorce battle. Terry also reportedly got his secret mistress pregnant and gave her £20,000 after she underwent abortion at a private clinic in London.

Terry purportedly organised the abortion for the French model, mother of Bridge's three-year-old son, just weeks into their affair, reports a newspaper.