German soccer legend Lothar Matthaus took his 26-year-old girlfriend Theresa Sommer to the Ballon d’Or ceremony in Paris on Monday.
Matthaus, 64, was pictured on the crimson carpet with the mannequin, who’s 38 years his junior.
The pair had been repeatedly snapped collectively earlier this 12 months after Matthaus break up from his fifth spouse Anastasia Klimko.
Matthaus was all smiles together with his arm round his girlfriend, who was first seen with the World Cup winner again in April.
It seemingly confirms their relationship is romantic after each had been tight-lipped on its nature.
In response to her LinkedIn web page, Sommer studied economics and administration at King’s Faculty in London earlier than taking psychology at Durham College.
Lothar Matthaus was pictured together with his girlfriend Theresa Sommer on the Ballon d’Or crimson carpet
The couple smiled for photos as they arrived forward of the ceremony in Paris on Monday
Again in April, she and Matthaus have been seen attending a star ski race in Ischgl in Austria.
They have been additionally on the Allianz Area in Munich for Germany’s semi-final match in opposition to Portugal within the Nations League and Spain’s remaining in opposition to the latter 4 days later.
In the meantime, they have been additionally filmed in a automobile collectively on their method to an occasion.
German newspaper Bild had made contact with Matthaus about his newest connection however he didn’t reply.
Once they have been on the snowboarding contest, they informed A2 Tv: ‘We got here for snowboarding, and the remainder is a non-public matter.’
Matthaus’ life off the pitch has seldom been quiet, with the previous Germany captain going by way of 5 divorces.
Matthaus married his first spouse, Silvia, in 1981. The couple had two youngsters – Alisa born in 1986 and Viola born in 1988 – however divorced in 1992.
In the identical 12 months, Lolita Morena gave delivery to his third baby, Loris.
Matthaus, 64, had been pictured with Sommer, who’s 38 years his junior, earlier this 12 months
Matthaus and Morena, a Swiss mannequin and TV presenter who represented her nation at Miss World in 1982 and Miss Universe a 12 months later, have been married in 1994 however divorced in 1999 shortly earlier than his retirement.
He discovered love once more within the Serbian capital within the form of 31-year-old style entrepreneur Marijana Colic.
She and Matthaus tied the knot in November 2003, however their marriage got here to an finish 4 years later after a prolonged divorce case in Salzburg – their final shared residence.
The pair initially separated after Matthaus started courting Ukrainian mannequin Kristina Liliana Chudinova in 2007.
Colic, who nonetheless bears Matthaus’ surname, filed for divorce quickly afterward. Through the year-long divorce case, the couple allegedly appeared to achieve an out-of-court settlement over the division of their belongings.
The previous Bayern Munich reportedly provided his ex-wife an €100,000 settlement and the possession of their penthouse in Budapest.
Whereas particulars of the divorce case weren’t made public, Blic reported Colic didn’t enchantment the ruling, suggesting she was happy with the end result.
By the point the divorce was formally ratified in January 2009, Matthaus had already married Chudinova. He was 47 on the time, 26 years older than her.
The pair met on the Oktoberfest in Munich in 2007 and exchanged vows in Las Vegas in December 2008.
The very fact the pair tied the knot got here as a shock in itself, give they briefly went separate methods in February 2008 earlier than reconciling their variations.
Sommer, who studied in London and Durham, had been seen with him a number of instances
She had been noticed at a ski contest with Matthaus, the place they mentioned: ‘We got here for snowboarding, and the remainder is a non-public matter’
Matthaus’ fourth marriage hit the rocks early in 2010, when tabloids launched photos of his spouse passionately embracing an unnamed Monaco businessman on his yacht throughout a vacation in Sardinia.
Matthaus married for a fifth and hitherto final time in 2014, when he tied the knot with Anastasia Klimko, from whom he had a son, Milan.
The couple divorced in 2021 however have been noticed collectively on the Oktoberfest two years later, resulting in speculations a rekindling of their flame could also be on the playing cards earlier than photos with Sommer emerged.
Matthaus and Sommer have been in attendance as Ousmane Dembele was topped winner of the boys’s Ballon d’Or, forward of Barcelona starlet Lamine Yamal.
