Designer handbags and Rolex watches are bargaining chips few of us can rely on in a bitter row.

But these luxury items are now at the centre of a split between ex-Italian footballer Francesco Totti and his wife of 17 years Ilary Blasi.

The pair, dubbed the Italian Posh and Becks, were seen as inseparable.

But Totti has accused Miss Blasi of cheating on him and running off with his Rolex watches. 

And in response, the ex-Roma striker has taken her collection of designer shoes and handbags ‘hostage’ until his timepieces are returned.

‘What was I supposed to do? I hid the bags, hoping for an exchange,’ he told the Milan-based Corriere della Sera.  

Designer handbags and Rolex watches are at the centre of a bitter split between Totti and Miss Blasi (pictured together)

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His soon-to-be ex-father-in-law was also accused of helping clear out his collection ‘including boxes and warranties’.

A source close to Totti told Italian media: ‘All she has to do is return the watches and this is over.’ 

Miss Blasi made a video seemingly mocking Totti on Instagram posing in front of a Rolex shop. 

But she has taken serious action over her designer bags and shoes, by asking a judge to order their return.

Totti, 46, split from the 41-year-old TV presenter and mother of their three children in July.

The pair, dubbed the Italian Posh and Becks, were seen as inseparable. Pictured: The couple on their wedding day in 2005

Totti, 46, split from the 41-year-old TV presenter and mother of their three children in July (pictured all together during his last match for Roma)

Totti is now headed for a bitter divorce battle over claims he rejected Miss Blasi’s demands for £32,000 a month in maintenance.

‘We were sure they were different, almost Disney-esque, that he was good and she was lovely,’ one commentator wrote in Italian newspaper La Stampa.

Totti decided to go through his wife’s phone after hearing rumours last year she was cheating on him.

‘I had never done it in 20 years, nor had she ever done it with me. But when I received warnings from different people, whom I trust, I began to suspect,’ he said, adding he was ‘not the first to cheat’ in the marriage.

Miss Blasi has not addressed the infidelity accusations but has said: ‘I’ve discovered things that would ruin 50 families.’

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