Alisha Lehmann has found love again as the world’s most followed female footballer hard launched her romance with a former Love Islander and non-league star
11:15, 22 Jan 2026Updated 11:17, 22 Jan 2026
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Alisha Lehmann hard launched her new relationship on Instagram(Image: @montelmckenzie/Instagram)
Alisha Lehmann has found love again in the shape of a former Love Islander and non-league football star.
Lehmann, 26, has had a rollercoaster love life after previously dating fellow Swiss international Ramona Bachmann before cosying up to ex-Aston Villa midfielder Douglas Luiz. Her relationship with Luiz was headline news after they reconciled their romance before making a couple's transfer to Juventus.
After meeting at Aston Villa, the two made the first-ever boyfriend-girlfriend transfer when the pair were both sold to the Turin giants. However, their on-off relationship broke down off the pitch while their form on it left them.
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Lehmann is the most followed female footballer on Instagram with 16million followers(Image: alishalehmann7/INSTAGRAM)
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While Luiz is currently in the middle of a lacklustre loan spell at Nottingham Forest, Lehmann joined Como in the summer.
But the Swiss star, who also 16million followers on Instagram, has remained involved with football on these shores as she managed team MVPS in the Baller League, where she appears to have met her new boyfriend.
Lehmann hard-launched her romance with Folkestone Invicta wing-back Montel McKenzie on Instagram as she revelled in her 2025 memories. The second picture of her post showed the couple on holiday, cuddling up in front of a sunset.
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Lehmann's new boyfriend is former Love Islander and non-league star Montel McKenzie(Image: @montelmckenzie/Instagram)
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McKenzie plays for Isthmian Premier League side Folkestone Invicta(Image: @montelmckenzie/Instagram)
Captioning the post, Lehmann wrote: “A year full of love, family, friends and all the beautiful people in my life. Thank you for making me strong and to show me, life’s worth everything.
“Thanks to everyone for the wishes, you make me a better person and that’s why I will never give up.”
McKenzie also posted pictures of the two loved up and playing football on a beach volleyball court during their recent getaway for Alisha’s birthday on Wednesday (January 21).
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Lehmann and McKenzie know each other from the Baller League(Image: @montelmckenzie/Instagram)
Looking at their respective Instagram posts, the two have been acquainted for some time after they appeared to holiday together during a break from Baller League action.
Lehmann has been linked with a return to the Women’s Super League this month with Leicester City. Leaving her closer to support her boyfriend at the Alcaline Stadium ahead of an exciting end to the season on the south-east coast.
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McKenzie can turn his attention back to Invicta’s title race in the Isthmian Premier League. The Stripes are 13 points clear of Chatham Town but have played three games more.
Jay Saunders’ side are chasing promotion for the first time to the National League South and hope the likes of former Ipswich Town, Wimbledon and Leyton Orient striker Joe Pigott can fire them towards the title they’ve dominated since the start of the season.