Alisha Lehmann is still waiting for her first goal of the season in the English Women’s Super League this season.
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In January she leaves the home club West Ham United …
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… and joins Everton.
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Like the Swiss Arsenal Lia Wälti, Noelle Maritz and Malin Gut, she is not allowed to travel to the two Nati games in France (Saturday and Tuesday).
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This is because of the entry ban for Great Britain. “But at least we were able to be with the national team for five days and work well in training,” says Lehmann.
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The numbers on the Internet keep on growing despite the sporty lull! Our Nati striker Alisha Lehmann (22) is still waiting for her first goal of the season this season in the English Women’s Super League.
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But Lehmann continues to go through the roof on social media. Soon 1.9 million followers on Instagram, 1.4 million on Tiktok. Those are amazing numbers, of all Swiss athletes Lehmann is the only Insta millionaire.
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Alisha Lehmann phenomenon. The offensive talent from Tägertschi BE is not always set in the national team and in the club, but still attracts a lot of attention. With her dance, lifestyle, football, bikini and fun videos or pictures, she gets hundreds of thousands of likes.
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More and more advertising deals
And Alisha, until two and a half years ago still a commercial student who played for YB without pay, has landed various advertising deals thanks to her internet fame. An insurance company, a discounter, fashion, sports nutrition, Coca-Cola or Adidas rely on her as a model or influencer. She doesn’t make the big money with it yet, but the woman from Bern earns well for women’s football standards.
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But Alisha does not only celebrate her appearances online. Also on the pitch, she wears makeup and fake eyelashes. “I just do it the way I like it,” says Lehmann, “I would do it the same way if I didn’t play football and work in an office.”
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Scandal like Cristiano Ronaldo?
But of course: Anyone who goes out onto the pitch in such a stylish way is sometimes offensive. The most famous example of men’s football: Cristiano Ronaldo. Lehmann smiles at the admittedly limping comparison with the superstar. She says: “I haven’t had any negative experiences so far. Everyone can decide for themselves how they want to play. After all, we’re still women, we’re allowed to wear makeup and do the hair. ”
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Aben just: this season Lehmann is making a name for itself especially next to the pitch. This week involuntarily because, like the Swiss Arsenal women Lia Wälti, Noelle Maritz and Malin Gut, she is not allowed to travel to the two Nati games in France (Saturday and Tuesday). Entry ban because you live in the corona hotspot Great Britain! Lehmann on the Nati game ban: “That’s a disappointment. But at least we were able to be with the national team for five days and work well in training. “
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In England, Lehmann changed clubs at the end of January. Loan from West Ham to Everton through summer. The change causes a stir. Because although she no longer regularly came to the train with the London relegation candidate, she now plays for the top team from Liverpool. The Bernese says: “The level is better than at West Ham, here I can learn a lot from the many top players during training.”
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The sudden departure from West Ham
Lehmann makes no secret of the fact that she wants to stay. For a fixed fee, she can take over Everton in the summer – even though Lehmann only extended West Ham to 2022 last summer. “Things can change quickly in football,” she says, without going into details. «I just needed a change. Footballer and also in life. Sometimes you need a change in order to develop further, ”says the friend of Nati colleague Ramona Bachmann (30), who left the London apartment in the summer because of her move from Chelsea to Paris Saint-Germain.
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It remains unclear whether the abrupt departure of West Ham has something to do with their controversial vacation trip to the Maldives. Even “The Sun” reports that Lehmann could have violated her employer’s corona requirements between Christmas and New Year. West Ham does not comment on this. And Lehmann also says: “Unfortunately, I don’t want to say anything on this topic.”