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Liverpool goalkeeper Nikolay Mihaylov is reportedly
under armed guard in Bulgaria following a row with a mafia
godfather over a model.
The 20-year-old has yet to make a first-team
appearance for the Reds, spending last season on loan at Dutch side
FC Twente - managed by former England boss Steve McClaren - and is
believed to be being protected by minders following an acid attack
on his £170,000 Ferrari.
Reports in Bulgaria claim that a row had broken out
between Mihaylov and local mob godfather Georgi Stoilov after
the latter began dating the goalkeeper's ex-girlfriend, model
Nikoleta Lozanova.
Mihaylov is thought to have joked that if his new partner was a
Ferrari, Nikoleta must be a broken down Trabant.
However, the jibe appears to have back-fired badly, with the
Anfield stopper's sports car suffering £17,000 worth of damage,
forcing Mihaylov into hiding.
The former Levski Sofia glove-man, who has been capped once for
his country, could be in line to become Liverpool's No.2 goalkeeper
next season behind Pepe Reina, with the futures of fellow stoppers
Charles Itandje and Diego Cavalieri currently uncertain.