The Playboy model who has made a Liverpool star fear for his life

Thanks to their love of Bulgarian models with mafia connections, our friends at Dirty Tackle have cast a sexy light on Nikoleta Lozanova. The 2006 Bulgarian Playboy Playmate of the Year used to step out with Liverpool’s Nikolay Mihaylov, but her terrifying new man has been giving the on-loan goalkeeper some grief:

Mihailov, who ended last season on loan at Steve McClaren’s FC Twente, is being shadowed round the clock by at least three minders after an acid attack on his £170,000 Ferrari sports car.

Reports in Bulgaria claim that a violent row began when local mob godfather Georgi ‘The Head’ Stoilov began dating Mihailov’s former girlfriend, model Nikoleta Lozanova, who was crowned Bulgaria’s ‘Playmate of the Year’ in 2006.

Bulgarian defender employs volleyball techniques in goal mouth

Yesterday afternoon, Aston Villa faced Bulgarian side PFC Litex Lovech in the UEFA Cup. As you probably know by now, the Midlands side came out 3-1 victors, while nearly 7,000 fans watched the home side get two players sent off.

The second red card offence is pure comedy cheating. Head to (0.56) in the video above to see defender Mihail Venkov spike the ball with a thunderous volleyball serve that makes Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ look pretty subtle. How on Earth did he think he would get away with it? The mind boggles.

Berbatov’s national teammate nets from fifty yards

Literally tens of people packed out Bulgaria’s Ticha Stadium to see last week’s UEFA Cup game between Cherno More Varna and Maccabi Netanya, and they were treated to a spectacular strike by defender Aleksandar Aleksandrov. You can call him Alex for short.

[The Offside]

Berbatov’s latest not-so-secret lady

Just a few shorts weeks ago, Dimitar Berbatov was putting away his country’s greatest asset, catwalk star Tedi Velinova. In today’s Sun, however, we are told that the Spurs striker has been having another secret affair, this time with Playboy model and ‘erotic dancer’ Daniela Arnaut. Meanwhile, the stroppy Bulgarian is keeping schtum over the whole debacle, but is no doubt facing heat from his ever-patient girlfriend Elena Shtilianov.

Jermain Defoe, there appears to be a new threat to your Premier League playa throne…

Spurs striker is in possession of his country’s greatest asset

Noticed how Dimitar Berbatov has been a lot less stroppy in the past few months? His knicker de-twisting isn’t the result of new management at White Hart Lane, but rather Bulgaria’s greatest contribution to modelling - Tedi Velinova. The catwalk star, who is considered her nation’s sexiest woman, makes a flying visit to the UK every weekend to give Berbs the kind of steamrollering befitting of a Premier League star.