MLS star Emil Forsberg's wife accuses player of neglecting family after move to new team

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New York Red Bulls star Emil Forsberg was accused of neglecting and ghosting his family in a social media post by his wife, Shanga, as the two split after nearly eight years of marriage.

Forsberg moved from RB Leipzig in Germany to the Major League Soccer club during the offseason, and his wife wrote on Instagram that since then, he has not kept in regular contact with his family. Swedish media say divorce papers have been filed.

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Emil Forsberg of Sweden during the International Friendly match between Portugal and Sweden at Estadio D. Afonso Henriques on March 21, 2024 in Guimaraes, Portugal. (Gualter Fatia/Getty Images)

"We will part ways. Words I thought I would never utter after two children and 19 years together and that still feel unreal," Shanga wrote on Instagram in Swedish, via Goal.com.

"I have loved you more than anything and always supported you. 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."

Emil Forsberg of the New York Red Bulls speaks at a press conference during a MLS media day event at the Miami Convention Center on Jan. 11, 2024 in Miami. (Rich Storry/Getty Images)

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