Ryan Giggs missed Manchester United, a day after he was identified as the athlete who sought an injunction to prevent the dissemination of information on an alleged adulterous affair
The club had reported that the midfielder was injured and local media said their absence seeks to avoid the distraction of computer-sporting issues just four days after the Champions League final against Barcelona Wembley.
After the training session held open the team, coach, Alex Ferguson, refused to answer questions about Giggs and their importance for the team.
"All players are important to us," coach settled to avoid entering a subject that has become a major media scandal in the United Kingdom.
After days of rumors, Giggs's name was mentioned on Monday by Deputy John Hemming, who campaigns for freedom of expression and against injunctions that prevent the dissemination of information about the private lives of famous people who seek to protect their privacy.
Hemming Giggs mentioned saying that it is impractical to imprison 75,000 people have already named him to Twitter as the athlete who allegedly had a relationship with the star of the TV show Big Brother Imogen Thomas.
The deputy decided to use his parliamentary immunity to identify the player, minutes after the Supreme Court decided to reject the lifting of the ban on the media to publish what was the last day a secret.
The Supreme Court was responding to a request from the tabloid "The Sun", which requested the lifting of the ban on spreading the name of the athlete involved after a Scottish newspaper appoint Giggs the weekend and that his name circulated widely on the Internet.
The Welshman Ryan Giggs (37 years) is one of the most respected players of the Premier for his career with Manchester United, team he played since 1990, and to embody the image far away from the world of football gossip.
He is married since 2007 to Stacey Cooke, his partner for years, with whom he has two sons, 8 and 5 years.