Well it's pretty obvious, the relationship with Irina just was a mere contract that made her famous and that hid his sexuality towards the homophobic football world.
Bard Hari is from my country (Morocco) and I've been a fan of his for so long, he's your typical full fledged Homophone straight Arab dude I can assure you, he's just thirsty for headlines that's why he's milking his close friendship with CR.