Inside Southampton boss Russell Martin's relationship with lads' mags favourite Lucy Pinder

Russell Martin is facing aggravated unit astatine Southampton aft a mediocre commencement to the season, but his idiosyncratic beingness seems to beryllium connected the up aft reports linked him with celebrated exemplary Lucy Pinder

Southampton brag Russell Martin is being supported done their Premier League struggles by lads' magazines icon Lucy Pinder.

The 38-year-old has been the people of fans' ire this season arsenic the Saints presently inhabit bottommost spot successful the array with conscionable 1 triumph and 1 gully aft 11 games. However, it appears helium does not stock specified tribulations successful his idiosyncratic beingness aft it was revealed helium has been dating the 40-year-old histrion and model.

Pinder was a staple successful magazines specified arsenic FHM and Loaded successful the aboriginal 2000s. She appeared topless successful Nuts Magazine and frequented FHM's "100 Sexiest Women successful the World" database connected respective occasions.

The pair's gathering comes aft the erstwhile Norwich City defender divided from his woman Jasmine, with whom helium shares 3 children, past year. In what has perchance made their coupling adjacent smoother, Pinder is reportedly a immense Southampton instrumentality and the duo seemingly person "grown closer" successful caller months.

Pinder made their romance nationalist successful August arsenic she took to Instagram to station a photograph of her and Martin successful Brighton, wherever the shot manager was receiving an honorary grade successful his hometown. A root told The Sun that the brace are present caput implicit heels for 1 another.

It's claimed that Martin's caller narration with the exemplary had nary transportation to divided betwixt him and Jasmine. "They’re a lucifer made successful eden - oregon astatine slightest successful Southampton. They’re huffy for each other," the root said.

“There was nary crossover. Russ’s matrimony ended and helium was glum. It was each astir looking aft the kids and making definite they were OK. But amid the grief, arsenic helium threw himself into work, Russ grew intimate with Lucy.

"She is simply a regular look astatine Southampton functions and is ever astir the nine arsenic a die-hard fan. Over the weeks and months their relationship grew into thing more.”

Pinder archetypal recovered immense fame arsenic a Page Three girl. She past appeared connected Celebrity Big Brother successful 2009 wherever she was the archetypal housemate evicted.

The mag prima besides ventured into acting and had a tiny relation successful the American movie Sharknado 5: Global Swarming successful 2017. Her narration past has turned heads earlier arsenic backmost successful 2016 she was said to person been dating Captain America histrion Chris Evans, with 1 paper claiming she was "smitten" with the Marvel star.

Though their narration was ne'er confirmed, Pinder was spotted enjoying a time day with Evans astatine Disneyland successful January 2015. Pinder present has her ain podcast 'Smashing Sundays', which she presents with drama writer Beth Granville, and has undertaken foundation enactment successful caller years.

While his important other's vocation looks to beryllium going steady, the aforesaid cannot beryllium said for Martin. Prior to the planetary break, the erstwhile Swansea City manager was near fuming aft his team's 2-0 decision to Wolves owed to a VAR determination that led to a chalked disconnected extremity for his side, arsenic good arsenic a imaginable foul successful the physique up to the 2nd onslaught that wasn't reviewed.

Despite unit cranking up connected Martin, helium has insisted helium isn't acrophobic astir his future. "It volition beryllium what it volition be," helium said aft the Wolves loss. "We enactment arsenic hard arsenic we can, springiness arsenic overmuch care, emotion and committedness to the players arsenic we can. The remainder is retired of my control. I don't sweat it oregon absorption connected it."

It doesn't get immoderate easier for him aft the international. Next up for Southampton is league leaders Liverpool astatine St Mary's this Sunday (November 23).

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