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Serbia star Dusan Vlahovic has hit back at 'absurd' claims that he's suffered a lack of World Cup game time due to an ongoing affair with a team-mate's wife.

The Juventus forward has started both of Serbia's World Cup group games from the bench and even failed to make it onto the pitch for their recent 3-3 draw with Cameroon.

Given the forward's pedigree - and impressive form of late - his omission from the starting line-up raised questions which were quickly answered by Serbian media outlets. 

They reported that Vlahovic's lack of minutes was because he had been caught in an affair with the wife of national reserve goalkeeper Predrag Rajkovic - but the forward has rubbished such claims.

Speaking at their pre-match press conference, Vlahovic said: 'I am sorry to have to start the press conference in the World Cup this way, but I have to talk about it because this is my name being bandied about.

'What we all read and hear about, there's no need to comment on something so absurd. Evidently these people are bored and have nothing better to do because they are frustrated or angry, but working against the national interest of the team at the moment is obviously their main job right now.