Alisha Lehmann, who has been called the ‘world’s sexiest footballer’, has hit back at critics who think she just does TikToks with a brutal comeback
Alisha Lehmann, who has been called the ‘world’s sexiest footballer’, has slammed critics who think she ‘just does TikToks’.
Lehmann, 27, is back in the Women’s Super League after putting pen-to-paper on a deal with Leicester City following a spell with Como. And speaking to BBC’s Women’s Football Weekly, Lehmann has opened up about the misconceptions that surround her.
The Swiss superstar said: “No of course, it’s really sad sometimes. Because my family and my friends, they know how I am and I’m the first person that cares about everyone before myself – like always. Sometimes, it’s really frustrating because they don’t see the work!
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“Like they just think ‘oh she just goes to training and then she goes home and does TikToks or whatever’… And that’s really not true because I sleep every afternoon! I rest so well.
“For example, if I have training the next day I would never do something the day before that could affect my training or could affect the game.
“I care so much [about] how I do, how much sleep I have, what I eat… everything! They can think what they want, but at the end it’s like sometimes it’s really sad.”
In the podcast, Lehmann was speaking to England icon Ellen White, who then asked if that affects her. And Lehmann replied: “Now, I’m fine. I love my life, I love the people I have around me.
“But when I was young for sure. I had moments where I was really sad. I was always asking my mum: ‘mum, can I actually not play football’ or stuff like that.
“It’s an opinion and in life everything is [an] opinion, I focus on myself and if I’m happy and if I do the best I can in every situation, then, for me, it’s fine.”
And one of the people she has around her is ex-Love Island star Montel McKenzie.
McKenzie found fame on Love Island, with his semi-professional football career seemingly taking a back seat, even more so in recent years with him pivotal to the Baller League storyline, or that’s how it appeared to clubs looking at signing the defender.
“It’s something that I found difficult,” McKenzie continued after his reality TV fame. “Initially, I thought it would help me because I thought there would be more eyes on me, or people would just be watching out for me more.
“But it actually didn’t help me. A lot of managers didn’t sign me because they thought, ‘Oh, he might not be serious about football’, so it kind of gives you a bad name in that space.
“You know, football, they don’t really like the show business of it, they want to keep it very football.
“It’s the same with people who have personalities; they don’t want people to show the other side of them. Which is why I think Baller League is so good because you can express your personality, do your celebrations, and talk a bit of smack.
“It just makes it a lot more fun for the players, and more enjoyable for the viewers as well.”