Amir Khan says he is “gutted” about break-up with wife Faryal and has been struggling to sleep

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BY DAN WARBURTON

Boxer Amir Khan said he is struggling to deal with the ­collapse of his marriage and confessed he is “gutted.”

The former light-welterweight world champ – who traded blows with wife Faryal Makhdoom , 26, in an hour-long Twitter spat – was heartbroken after announcing their split.

Just hours after accusing Faryal, the mum of his three-year-old girl Lamysa, of “moving on” with world heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua, 27, Khan told the Sunday Mirror: “I haven’t slept all night.”

Khan, 30, carrying a designer Louis Vuitton bag and wearing a black Nike T-shirt and shorts, trudged back to his £160-a-night hotel suite in the shadow of Dubai’s Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building.

The fighter looked exhausted after a sleepless night. He had been comforted by pals in Dubai’s exclusive marina, a regular haunt for ex-Premier League players Steven Gerrard, Ryan Giggs and John

He arrived back at his suite at 11.30am. Before locking himself away for the day he spoke exclusively to the Sunday Mirror.

He said: “I don’t know what to say. I’m gutted. I’ve not slept all night.

“I went to see some people at the marina and I’ve been up all night. I couldn’t sleep. I need time to think. I just need to rest and to speak to some people.”

On Friday night Khan tweeted that his four-year marriage was over.

But after an astonishing war of words, Faryal suggested their social media accounts had been hacked.

It was claimed she backtracked and deleted her Twitter posts so the couple could rekindle their relationship for the sake of Lamysa.

She even tried to make up with him in a late-night phone call to Dubai, it was claimed.

Yet in a video on Snapchat after Faryal blamed hackers, Khan said : “Everything you’ve seen on social media today is real. Me and Faryal have decided to move on, well I’ve decided to walk away. Nothing has been hacked.”

Boxer Khan and Faryal’s marriage has been plagued by a family feud which erupted after she posted what his family claimed was a “naked” selfie on Instagram.

Khan’s Muslim parents were said to be disappointed by the image but Faryal blasted her in-laws on social media and claimed she was being abused by them.

She accused her mother-in-law, Falak Khan, of trying to break the couple up when she was pregnant with their child, writing on Snapchat: “When you force your son to divorce his wife, When she’s nine months pregnant!!! And your son doesn’t … and he sticks besides his wife. He’s called a p***y!??”

But despite the rows, Khan stood by his wife and cut ties with his family. A source said: “Amir gave up so much to try to make it work with his wife, now it looks like he has nothing. He left his family and friends and now he is devastated.

“He’s heartbroken. A lot of things are said on social media but it’s not how he wanted it to come out.”

On Friday Khan told his 2.1million followers: “So me and the wife Faryal have agreed to split. I’m currently in Dubai. Wish her all the best.”

He later wrote: “Faryal moved on quick. Always mentioned to me how much she wanted to be with another guy, from all people another boxer @anthonyfjoshua.”

Joshua laughed off the claims, posting a video of Shaggy’s hit It Wasn’t Me and saying: “I like my women BBW (big, beautiful women).”

The pair had been in Dubai for Faryal’s birthday last week. It is understood she flew back to London on Thursday and has not returned to their home in Bolton.

Khan, worth £23million, has allegedly told pals: “We’re done. I’ve had enough.” US-born Faryal told her 140,000 Twitter followers: “He’s in Dubai right now with a prostitute. While I’m getting accused of cheating? Treating the mother of his child like this is sickening.”

The couple tied the knot at a lavish ceremony in a New York hotel but the marriage has been plagued by allegations of Khan’s cheating.

Faryal, branded fame hungry and evil by Khan’s family, deleted all but one of her explosive tweets. But she left one that said: “I’m not sure if it’s your family tweeting for you. But I’m not the one in the papers for cheating.”

Their romance has been rocked by a number of scandals, including when a long-rumoured sex tape of Amir was leaked online.

The X-rated clip shows him in just a T-shirt and boxer shorts performing a sex act on himself while in conversation with a female model on the video call service Skype. It is believed to have been made just weeks after their wedding. Faryal was said to be “absolutely disgusted” by the video – which has been published on a major US porn website.

The pair appeared side-by-side to put on a united front during an appearance on ITV’s This Morning.

Amir said on the show: “I love my wife, and I love my family. The marriage is brilliant, it’s going really well. Everything is fine between us.”

While Faryal added: “It’s just the past that’s coming back to try and bring us down. But our focus is now on the next fight.”