Amid news that Guy Ritchie has flown to New York in a last ditch attempt to save his seven-year marriage, comes reports that wife Madonna has been receiving 'late-night' visits from baseball star Alex Rodriguez.

The pair have been spotted together on several occasions in recent weeks – Rodriguez attended Madonna's NYC show, and the singer was snapped sitting in his seats at a Yankees game on June 22.

But it is married A-Rod's after dark visits that have got gossips in a flap.

Sources tell Us Weekly that he has been sneaking out of her Central Park West appartment "as late as midnight," and that, "All the doormen are talking."

Rodriguez's Yankees rep responded to the claims by pointing out that the pair share a manager in the form of Guy Oseary.