A Manchester United legend started dating a 'Cheryl Tweedy lookalike' after he split with his reality TV star ex-wife and also battled bankruptcy.
09:00, 25 Oct 2025
Wes Brown
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Wes Brown is a Man Utd icon(Image: Manchester United via Getty Images)
A Manchester United legend started dating a 'Cheryl Tweedy lookalike' after he split from his reality TV ex-wife.
Wes Brown was Manchester born and bred, making his professional debut for the Red Devils in 1996 and racking up more than 200 top flight appearances for his boyhood club. A squad player in the famous Treble season, he won the lot at Old Trafford, including six Premier League titles, the Champions League twice, two FA Cups and two League Cups, before a 2011 move to Sunderland.
When Brown, who celebrated his 46th birthday earlier this month, moved to north east, he was married to television personality and former stripper Leanne Brown. The pair would spend 20 years together, including Leanne's boob job hell she called "toxic ticking time bombs", before splitting in 2022.
At the time, a source told The Sun: “Wes and Leanne split before Christmas. There were no third parties involved; it is just a sad fact that their marriage has run its course.
"Leanne has flourished in single life and has removed her wedding ring.
Leanne Brown and her former husband Wes Brown
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Leanne Brown and her former husband Wes Brown(Image: Leanne Brown Instagram)
“She has told people she feels free and is working hard on her businesses and flourishing as an independent woman.
Wes meanwhile is carrying on as best he can. There have been rumours of trouble in their marriage for a while but they put a brave face on publicly.
“Now it is officially over and they are doing their best to co-parent their children as they build their lives as separate individuals.”
In February this year, Brown seemingly found love again with Amy - an aesthetics saleswoman who lives in the same area and has drawn comparisons to Cheryl Tweedy.
Wes Brown's new flame has drawn comparisons to Cheryl Tweedy
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Wes Brown's new flame has drawn comparisons to Cheryl Tweedy(Image: Getty Images)
An insider told The Sun earlier this year: "Wes and Amy have been together for over a year now and things are going really well between them.
“She is really successful and has her own thing going on. She is well liked in Cheshire and people think they are a great match.”
Brown was declared bankrupt in 2023, despite earning £50,000 a week at one stage during his 15-year stay at Old Trafford, after a series of property deals went wrong.
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Wes Brown has found love again
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He told the Ben Heath podcast: "I think the main thing is when you are making a lot of money, you need the right people, don’t you? And I would say that’s one of the things I didn’t have.
"It’s a long story and I won’t go into the detail, but it’s stuff that happened a long time ago with certain investments and getting into stuff that as a young kid, a lot of people go into, [but] don’t really understand it.
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“It’s what a lot of people are doing and then it came to a head last year, and that’s how it went.
"It’s happened and I’m just getting on with it but it’s one of those things where you hope people, especially this generation, don’t get involved in."