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Emil Forsberg joined the New York Red Bulls after eight years with RB Leipzig  Emil and Shanga have two young children named Florence and Siena  DailyMail.com provides all the latest international sports news 

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New York Red Bulls star Emil Forsberg and his wife, Shanga, are divorcing, the footballer's childhood sweetheart announced on Instagram on Monday.

Emil, 32, and 31-year-old Shanga hail from Sundsvall, Sweden, and have been together for 19 years. The pair tied the knot in the Summer of 2016 and have two children named Florence and Siena.

Shanga has filed for a divorce, according to documents seen by Expressen.

'We will part ways. Words I thought I would never utter after two children and 19 years together and that still feel unreal,' she wrote on an Instagram post that was deleted hours later. 

Their split comes months after the midfielder completed a move to Major League Soccer from RB Leipzig.

Swedish footballer Emil Forsberg's wife, Shanga, filed for a divorce after a 19-year relationship

In a now-deleted Instagram post, Shanga accused Emil of 'ghosting' his young family

In a now-deleted Instagram post, Shanga accused Emil of 'ghosting' his young family  

The divorce comes months after the midfielder agreed to join the New York Red Bulls in MLS

The divorce comes months after the midfielder agreed to join the New York Red Bulls in MLS 

'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,' her post, which was written in Swedish, continued.

'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

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