With Arsenal, the attacker has been criticised for fans failing to commit his future to the side with less than a year remaining on his contract and does not want to play for the club again , while for the national team he faces an altogether different problem.

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With Chile struggling to qualify for the World Cup, losing 1-0 in Bolivia earlier in the week thereby missing out on the opportunity to leapfrog Argentina into the playoff spot, fans in his homeland are launching a campaign against his girlfriend Mayte Rodriguez.

A Facebook page has been set up titled: ‘March so that Alexis ends it with Mayte and returns to his level to reach the 2018 World Cup in Russia.’

 

A post shared by Mayte Rodriguez (@mmayte_rodriguez) on Jun 23, 2017 at 2:07pm PDT

 

Over 55,000 users have indicated that they will join the event, while another 68,000 claim they are interested in it. 

A post shared by Mayte Rodriguez (@mmayte_rodriguez) on Oct 31, 2015 at 3:34pm PDT

Alexis, who started dating Mayte earlier this year, had previously been criticised for being “fatter than normal” by ex-Chile Under-20 boss Jose Sulantay.