One of the former world football stars is now linked to an Irish cartel chief … in spite of herself.
After a remarkable career in the world of sport, it is sometimes difficult to be discreet in the media world and to protect your family, private life, activities and all their relationships. For one of the ancient legends of the round ball, his actions are noticed.
It is the Englishman, Steven Gerrard, an English international, who made the heyday of Liverpool and the selection of Three Lions during the 2000-2010s. Retired from the field, the former number 8 has embarked on a coach career and has already had great results with the Scottish club of the Glasgow Rangers.
If Steven Gerard’s football career is no longer really a secret in the eyes of the whole world, his private life is a little more. He married the model and fashion journalist Alex Curran in June 2007. From this union, three daughters, Lourdes, Lexie and Lilly-Ella Gerrard, and a son named Lio, arrived. And at 44, English will already become a grandfather. Her eldest daughter, Lilly-Ella (20), being pregnant. The young woman is an influencer with more than 200,000 subscribers on Instagram.
When Steven Gerrard learned that she would become a mom, the legend of English football immediately commented the news on the networks: “We are impatient. Excellent news and congratulations, we love you,” the man wrote to 114 selections.
But indirectly, Steven Gerrard will thus enter a family that is controversial since his daughter’s companion, Lee Byrne, is the son of Liam, one of the heads of the Irish cartel “Kinahan”. Considered one of the sponsors of this Irish mafia, he too is a “celebrity”. In his own way … The Kinahan cartel counts indeed “among the most dangerous mafias in the world, with the yakuzas, the Mexican cartels and the” thieves in the “Russian” law, as wrote The point Recently, after other media.
Liam Byrne was sentenced to 5 years in prison last October for smuggling firearms, but will only serve half of his sentence. The fact remains that for fans of Steven Gerrard, his son -in -law and his daughter have nothing to do with the “business” of this cartel boss. The association would be a simple collateral damage therefore.
After a career starting career marked by a few successes with the Glasgow Rangers between 2018 and 2021, the former footballer experienced a failure with the English of Aston Villa, despite some good results and recruited stars players. He then exiled to Saudi Arabia by signing in favor of the Ettifaq FC club with a contract until 2027, but was finally thanked in January 2025.