She's the French-born mistress of John Terry. This examination of WAG Vanessa Perroncel reveals she's a woman of truly voracious ambition

By Paul Bracchi and Sara Nathan

'Shameless': Vanessa Parroncel pictured yesterday


There is a word the French use to describe women like Vanessa Perroncel. The word is effronte, and it means barefaced, or shameless.

One could think of a number of other adjectives to describe the pneumatic Miss Perroncel, but 'shameless' is probably the most polite.

Indeed, the moral charge sheet against Miss Perroncel - including not only her betrayal of her former fiance; (Wayne Bridge) but also her best friend (Toni Poole - 'Mrs John Terry') - is almost as long as the list of Chelsea footballers she is accused of bedding.

We have now been given the names of another two Stamford Bridge stars who allegedly succumbed to Miss Perroncel's charms, bringing the grand total to seven - four of whom were named publicly in a red-top newspaper yesterday.

Perhaps by the end of the week she will have been linked to a full team of 11 highly paid Chelsea footballers.

Even by the sometimes dubious standards which inevitably come with being an England WAG (the so-called Wives And Girlfriends club), the 33-year-old is in a league of her own: shopping and fake tans are one thing; Miss Perroncel's predilections are of another order.

Who else but Miss Perroncel could have had an affair with England captain Terry, fallen pregnant by him, had an abortion, wrecking God knows how many lives in the process, then touted her story around Fleet Street - for a figure in excess of £250,000 - promising to set the record straight as though she was the victim of this shabby debacle which threatens to derail England's World Cup campaign?

Of course, Terry's past, from his almost pathological philandering to his regular displays of boorishness, is an open book which has been examined in forensic detail over the past few revelation-filled days.

But, until now at least, little has been known of Vanessa Perroncel.


: John Terry had an affair with Perroncel after she split with Wayne Bridge


She first came to our attention during the last World Cup, in Germany in 2006.

Perroncel - and three of her fellow WAGs - armed with platinum credit cards tore through the boutiques of Baden Baden, spending £4,000 in just under an hour on Gucci, Prada and £500 sunglasses.

She was pregnant with Bridge's son, Jaydon, at the time and proudly showed off her bump by the swimming pool.
'It's really fantastic news,' she trilled, 'and we are both very excited about it.'

It is one the many images that have now come back to haunt Miss Perroncel.

Her life as a WAG, complete with Surrey mansion and Range Rover, is far removed from her humble upbringing in her native France, where her family ran a struggling fashion boutique.

Of course, as we know, poor Wayne was not the first Chelsea player to fall for the French beauty.


Eidur Gudjohnsen, left, who has just joined Tottenham, denies having an affair with Perroncel, who has also been linked to Adrian Mutu

Let's go through the list. One of the stars, it is claimed, was Eidur Gudjohnsen, who left Chelsea in 2006 after six years - and has just joined London rivals Tottenham after spells with Barcelona and Monaco.

Gudjohnsen, 31, and Miss Perroncel are said to have begun seeing each other in 2003.

The previous year Gudjohnsen, a married father of three, was caught cheating on his wife; on that occasion, the other woman was a blonde, not a brunette.

The Icelandic-born player is said to have visited Miss Perroncel at her flat near Stamford Bridge, before sneaking out at 5am.

Gudjohnsen, who denies having an affair with her, is alleged to have dumped Miss Perroncel.

Sources also claim she slept with shamed Romanian star Adrian Mutu.

The fling came before the married striker was sold by Chelsea and hit with a seven-month worldwide ban after testing positive for cocaine in 2004.


Relationship: Perroncel and Lee Latchford Evans, former Steps singer, pictured at a film premiere together in 2002, dated for two years

There is also a fifth player, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

Our own inquiries have also linked Miss Perroncel to another two current Chelsea stars.

One wonders what her family makes of it back in France.

Her late father, Jean-Claude, and mother, Annie, ran a fashion boutique in Bandol, a picturesque seaside resort in Provence on France's south coast.

Vanessa was their only child and the couple doted on her. But the business struggled and the marriage was marred by constant rows over money.

Her parents would eventually split up, and Mrs Perroncel moved to Paris with Vanessa.

Mr Perroncel did have other girlfriends, and even fathered another daughter. But he never got over the split with his wife.

Aged 51, and racked with debts, he took his own life.

source: dailymail