THE wife of Bolton Wanderers' £3.5 million star, Dean Holdsworth has issued him with a stark warning - "one more fling and we're finished."

Sam Holdsworth made the warning as she poured her heart out to a national newspaper about the striker's much-publicised sex scandal with an 18-year-old porn model and a 17-year-old who claimed she had been seduced by the Premier League star.

In an interview with the Daily Mail, Sam spoke about the nightmare 10 months ago when Dean was pictured in a Sunday newspaper with topless model Linsey Dawn McKenzie with a story giving details of their clandestine meetings.

But now Sam and Dean are back together, keen to kick the past. Sam has forgiven her husband, though finds it difficult to forget.

Dean was pictured in the BEN last week with his wife and children, looking every inch the happy family.

The couple, who are both 28, recently made a fresh start moving into a £430,000 five-bedroom 14th century cottage in Essex.

Dean is currently living in a local hotel following his move from Wimbledon when Wanderers smashed their transfer record to land the goal ace.

Sam, who will be staying in Essex until Christmas, says the next few months will be a big test for Dean. She trusts him 99 per cent and has told him "one more strike and you're out."

She said she was devastated by Dean's infidelity and the way in which the whole affair was played out in public.

Sam said she couldn't bear to be in the same room as Dean and started divorce proceedings, but she decided to give him a final chance and felt it was important to work things out for the sake of their children, Bradley, aged six, and two-year-old Jordan.

Dean says the events following the scandal hit him hard and he feels has learned lessons from it. It has put his life into perspective and his priority now is his marriage and his children.

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