The incident that prompted supporters to demand Julian Alvarez abandon his fiancée has been exposed, with video evidence.
Over the course of the World Cup, Alvarez grew from a player with limitless potential to a great star, contributing significantly to Argentina's success.
He began as a substitute, but Lautaro Martinez's poor form propelled him into the first squad, where he scored a brace in the semi-final triumph against Croatia, including a spectacular assist from Lionel Messi.
Over 20,000 people have signed a petition urging him to dump fiancée Emilia Ferrero, who is from the same village as the Manchester City star, who is said to be a 'more complete' player than Erling Haaland and Kylian Mbappe.
It was caused by an event in which supporters wanted to snap photographs with the player but she only seemed to want a group shot, as shown in the video below.
Ferrero is reported to have made two requests throughout the video, one of which was for one camera to take a photograph of her boyfriend with everyone in a group shot rather than several pictures of her boyfriend.
When two more admirers approached him for an autograph, his girlfriend appeared to respond, "Guys, one more photo and we're done. We had to leave."
The request not to take photographs with every child appears to have irritated supporters, however why they felt the need for a petition on the subject is unclear.
Julian Alvarez's girlfriend has since commented on the event on social media, describing the context and stating that it occurred around 2 a.m.
Hello everyone! First of all, happy holidays. I think it is necessary to put the situation that has gone viral in recent days in context," she said on her Instagram story. On Thursday we met with my family for dinner, after not seeing each other for so long. It was 2 in the morning, and some boys/girls arrived, most of them my students, with whom I have a lot of confidence. Before we left, Juli went out to greet the boys and decided to take a group photo, so everyone could take that nice memory with them. I only tried to organize. I apologize if the way I reacted was not the best, I hope you know how to understand.
Alvarez is unlikely to ditch his fiancée simply because a group of fans requested him to, especially after rumours that they had split and he would stop following her on social media were proven unfounded.
Petition for Julian Alvarez to leave girlfriend reaches 20,000 signatures.
The event has led to a petition for Alvarez to break up with his girlfriend was launched by a fan.
The odd petition urging Manchester City's Julian Alvarez to leave his fiancée has hit 20,000 signatures.
One fan took to Change.Org to demand Alvarez split up with his other half Emilia Ferrero.
Org to demand that Alvarez divorce his other half, Emilia Ferrero.
20,000 people signed it, but it doesn't appear like Alvarez will be listening to the outside noise, as he uploaded a photo of himself and his girlfriend celebrating New Year's Eve in Manchester.
Alvarez joined City for £14 million and has seven goals and two assists in 20 appearances for Pep Guardiola's team in all competitions.