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Argentina’s WAGs fear for their safety and FLEE Qatar’s Waterfront Hotel after a late-night power outage, escaping to luxurious five-star island digs days after Lautaro Martinez’s wife was rushed to hospital after finding GLASS in her drink.
Argentina’s hopes of a smooth build-up to the World Cup final may have been dealt a blow, after a group of team WAGs became embroiled in late-night drama.
Several of the Argentine players’ wives and girlfriends were forced to flee their hotel late at night after a power outage left the building in darkness. sports mail can reveal.
Several other WAGS, as well as the players’ parents and children, had to be transported from the five-star Waterfront Hotel because they felt it was no longer safe at their hotel.
Argentine WAGs fled the Waterfront Hotel on Wednesday night due to a power outage.
They were taken to an alternative luxury hotel on an island in an emergency move, just over 72 hours before the team’s main clash with France.
Among the WAGS involved were: Jorgelina Cardoso, the wife of former Manchester United star Angel Di Maria; Linda Raff, the wife of Alejandro Gomez; and Agustina Gandolfo, wife of Inter Milan striker Lautaro Martínez.
A source close to WAGS said: ‘Argentines have paid a lot of money and don’t expect to have to sit in the dark in their hotel rooms, and there were also security problems.
WAGs Agustina Gandolfo (L) and Jorgelina Cardoso (R) were forced to flee their five-star digs.
Linda Raff, wife of Sevilla striker Alejandro Gómez, also stayed at the Waterfront Hotel
“Many of them have small children and babies and after speaking with the players and the rest of the staff, they decided to move.”
It was the second drama involving Gandolfo in a matter of days. The 26-year-old businesswoman from Mendoza was reportedly taken to hospital after finding pieces of glass in her drink while she was at a club celebrating after Argentina won their semi-final with Croatia on Tuesday night.
He sought medical help for fear that he had drunk part of the glass. The doctors who examined her were convinced that she had not suffered any injuries.
Argentine striker Lautaro Martinez (center) will face France in the World Cup final on Sunday.
But when locals later suggested that Gandolfo may have planted the glass in his drink at a club in a Qatari mall, he took to Instagram to criticize them, saying: “Shame on us, we have the complaint and the witnesses at the club.”
The Waterfront is one of seven hotels at the center of a dispute over financial deals with Khaya tour operators and their Sheikh owners.
A series of rows have erupted with claims from operators that guests were asked to pay extra when checking into rooms that had been paid for in advance and rates were agreed upon.
Didier Deschamps led France to a second consecutive World Cup final after beating Morocco
Khaya CEO Volkhard Bauer said. sports mail: ‘Two weeks before the World Cup we received demands from hotels demanding an extra $550,000 even though we had paid $10 million in advance. We are now evaluating what legal steps are open to us.’
sports mail He phoned one of the sheikh’s family members who is involved in the family hotel business, and he immediately hung up without answering.
The Waterfront Hotel has also been contacted for comment.