Red Bulls captain Emil Forsberg attempted to address some of the questions surrounding the situation with his family on Wednesday after his wife, Shanga, claimed in an Instagram post that the footballer had “neglected” his family and had been “ghosting” them.
Forsberg, 32, told the Daily Mail that he is lonely in the United States without his family and that he didn’t “want to be without my daughters.”
“But it’s the way it is now, so I can’t do so much about it. But that way… those things will settle,” Forsberg told the outlet.
In March, his wife filed divorce documents in Sweden and claimed in a lengthy post that Forsberg had not been staying in touch with her and their two kids back in their home country.
Following the publication of the Daily Mail story, Shanga posted a cryptic message on her Instagram story.
“There’s always consequences to your actions, Before you act, make sure you’re prepared for them,” the image read.
The lengthy post that was made in March stated that the couple “will part ways” and that Shanga felt that she was “being taken for granted.”
“I have loved you more than anything and always supported you,” part of the post read. “But even love has its limits. The greatest love is my children and I want them to know their worth just as I know mine. Being taken for granted and neglected is not love. A new start in New York was apparently a new start for you and your life. It was just that I, being a child, did not know about it beforehand. But it became painfully clear quickly. In the newspapers, we have read and seen that you are doing well and are ‘enjoying every moment’. You also have future plans. We didn’t know about them either.”
She also wrote at the time: “I will continue to put the children’s well-being and need for security first. For your sake, I hope you don’t regret it and that your new life in NY is worth a divorce and the way you treated your children and their mother.”
A Red Bulls spokesperson declined to comment on the matter when contacted by The Post on Wednesday.
Forsberg was placed on the injury list earlier this month with a lower leg issue and was expected to miss four weeks of action.
On the pitch, Forsberg had become a major reason for the Red Bulls’ success this year and why the club entered Wednesday’s match against Montreal in fourth place in the Eastern Conference.
He has six goals and four assists across 13 starts this season.