Cheick Tiote's agent Jean Musampa has confirmed the Newcastle midfielder married a second woman while still living with his first wife and their two children in Newcastle.
Premier League footballer Tiote, who earns £45,000 a week, married Laeticia Doukrou in a traditional ceremony in Ivory Coast this month.
His Zimbabwean mistress, Nkosiphile Mpofu, also lives nearby where she is raising his son, Rafael, although Tiote's three year relationship with her is said to have ended recently.
His agent explained "this is nothing unusual" for a Muslim.
Meanwhile, Cheick doesn't see anything wrong his actions, according to a source close to him, who is quoted in the Sun:
"He doesn’t see a problem with having two wives.
"It’s perfectly acceptable in his culture. He doesn’t see he has done anything wrong and doesn’t know what the fuss is all about."
