Friends fear for Arsene Wenger’s despairing French ‘lover’

Friends of a French rapper fear that she could hurt herself after Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger, her lover, drove her to the brink of despair.

The Daily Express quoted pals of Sonia Tatar, 39, as saying that she was “very depressed” after Wenger allegedly refused her appeals to leave his wife.

Sonia was signed off work sick when their fling was exposed following crisis talks at a Paris airport last week.

The Arsenal manager is currently at his London home with wife Annie, 53, and daughter Leah, 13.

A pal said: “All Sonia wanted was to settle down. Now she has some deeply serious problems to sort.”

Arsene, 61, refused to comment on his private life last night, saying the allegations were “without any truth”.