EXCLUSIVE: How Steven Gerrard's wife Alex shunned super strict Saudi for a 'dream life' in Bahrain
- 3 months ago
Steven Gerrard’s wife Alex Curran has been hailed for pulling off a ‘tactical masterstroke’ over her rival WAGs by insisting that they live in Bahrain while her illustrious husband is managing a football club in Saudi Arabia.
WAGs living in the conservative, Islamic Kingdom, where alcohol is banned, have complained of cultural restrictions being placed on them and facing abuse over how they are dressed, with some claiming that they have even been refused entry to shops and malls for showing off part of their arms, legs or chest.
But these restrictions are no concern for Alex, 41 who friends say is living her ‘dream life’ in Manama, the capital of neighbouring Bahrain with Steven, 43 and their four children.
Bahrain, which has a population of just over 1.4 million people, is located just an hours’ drive from the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Dammam, where Gerrard is coach of its largest club, Al Ettifaq.
Gerrard, who is on a salary of £15million per year, making him the fourth highest paid football coach in the world, frequently commutes to his job along a 15-mile cause way which connects Bahrain to Saudi Arabia.
WAGs living in the conservative, Islamic Kingdom, where alcohol is banned, have complained of cultural restrictions being placed on them and facing abuse over how they are dressed, with some claiming that they have even been refused entry to shops and malls for showing off part of their arms, legs or chest.
But these restrictions are no concern for Alex, 41 who friends say is living her ‘dream life’ in Manama, the capital of neighbouring Bahrain with Steven, 43 and their four children.
Bahrain, which has a population of just over 1.4 million people, is located just an hours’ drive from the eastern Saudi Arabian city of Dammam, where Gerrard is coach of its largest club, Al Ettifaq.
Gerrard, who is on a salary of £15million per year, making him the fourth highest paid football coach in the world, frequently commutes to his job along a 15-mile cause way which connects Bahrain to Saudi Arabia.