Following the former striker’s passing, the family of former Arsenal great Jose Antonio Reyes reportedly faces the possibility of eviction due to severe financial difficulties.

In the hamlet of Utrera, where Reyes was born, just outside of Seville, a car carrying the footballer and his 23-year-old cousin crashed and caught fire while another guy received severe burns.

His current club Extremadura did not select him to play against Cadiz in June 2019, according to Spanish media, therefore he was supposedly on his way home after practise.

Now, though, three properties that the players owned are set to go up for auction in the coming days, including the home of his parents, who are now facing eviction on June 26 by court order.

It had been reported previously by Diario AS that his family were unable to pay the mortgages on the three properties owned by Reyes.

The player’s parents are reportedly in constant contact with lawyers as they claim they have been kept in the dark over what is happening.

Their home is thought to be worth around £256,000, with another Utrera apartment worth around £128,000, although it is unknown how much the third property is thought to be valued at.

As a result of his death, he had no will in place. His assets then transferred to his three children as his primary beneficiaries, but given that they were minors, those then passed on in turn to his wife Noelia Lopez.

Lopez, too, admits that she had no idea about the issue facing the family, and revealed that she has had to come to terms with the issue without the assistance of Reyes’ extended family.

‘I am finding out everything, and I am assimilating it,’ she said of the news.

The ex-Arsenal star’s death reportedly created a rift between her and the player’s family, and Lopez has reportedly since moved to Jaen to be closer to her own family, with her two daughters from her marriage with Reyes.

Lopez admitted that she rarely has anything to do with her late husband’s finances, claiming: ‘I have always been on the sidelines of my husband’s financial affairs.’ 

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