Aston Villa Women’s player Alisha Lehmann has been slammed by some fans for her latest Instagram post. Lehmann, who has over 15 million followers on Instagram, announced the release of her 2024 calendar. Fans showed discontentment as Lehmann had said earlier that she wanted people to remember her as a soccer player and not something else.
In an interview with TalkSPORT in February 2023, Lehmann opened up about her huge social media following. She talked about how some people only know her for her socials but not for her soccer-playing abilities. She said, “Some people just see Instagram and social media and don’t even know I actually play football, when I don’t post a football picture for a week, people say, ‘oh she doesn’t even play’.
“I think sometimes it’s a bit hard because obviously I play like I train every day, like everyone else, like I play every weekend and sometimes it’s hard because they make a picture of you.
“I’m a proper footballer. I work hard every day. I want to be the best version of myself in football and that’s my first priority in life.”
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Keeping this in mind, some people commented on her Instagram post with chagrin. One fan wrote, “This goes against everything you’ve said about wanting people to respect you as a footballer rather than your body…*adds to cart*.”
Another fan wrote, “Hates to be treated as a s*x symbol, proceeds to release s*xy calendar.”
Lehmann has been releasing a calendar for the past few years and she has received great response. The Aston Villa women’s #7 has her own store called the ‘Official Alisha Lehmann Online Store‘ where she sells multiple products.
Alisha Lehmann reportedly broke up with Douglas Luiz over her calendar photoshoot
Lehmann used to date Aston Villa men’s star Douglas Luiz at one point in a public relationship. However, the pair broke up in November 2022. Many media outlets reported that the reason for their breakup was Lehmann’s calendar.
Douglas Luiz and Alisha Lehmann have reportedly split up following an argument about the release of her calendar 🚫 [@SunSport] #avfc pic.twitter.com/Ocv3F3IAtj
— Total Villa (@Total_Villa) November 20, 2022
Apparently, the couple had a spat related to Lehmann’s calendar photoshoot. Her calendar photoshoots, which are evidently raunchy, turned into the reason for her almost year-long relationship being broken. Since then, Lehmann has not been in a relationship, at least publicly.
🚨 Alisha Lehmann is now an official partner of PRIME. 👀🤝
(Source: @PrimeHydrate) pic.twitter.com/7vHnAFM6ZO
— Transfer News Live (@DeadlineDayLive) September 5, 2023
Lehmann also recently joined the PRIME team. She is officially a PRIME athlete like Erling Haaland. PRIME, co-owned by KSI and Logan Paul along with some others, is also the official hydration partner of UFC, Arsenal, Barcelona, and Bayern Munich.