Germany legend Lothar Matthaus enjoyed Oktoberfest celebrations over the weekend – with his 27-year-old girlfriend who is younger than his daughters.
The former midfielder and Theresa Sommer enjoyed the 191st annual celebrations at Kafer Wiesn Schanke on the Theresienwiese in Munich, and posed for the cameras.
The model, who is 38 years his junior, wore a traditional strapless, floor-length satin gown in a champagne tone and a fitted bodice, while Matthaus opted for a light blue waistcoat over a short-sleeve shirt in something close to traditional lederhosen.
As a couple, Matthaus and Sommer have gained plenty of attention over the years, having seemingly dated for around 18 months, having been first spotted together skiing in Austria in April last year.
Matthaus’s life off the pitch has seldom been quiet, with the former Germany captain going through five divorces.
Matthaus married his first wife, Silvia, in 1981. The couple had two children – Alisa born in 1986 and Viola born in 1988 – but divorced in 1992.
Football legend Lothar Matthaus (right), 65, posed with his 27-year-old girlfriend Theresa Sommer (left) at Oktoberfest
In the same year, Lolita Morena gave birth to his third child, Loris.
Matthaus and Morena, a Swiss model and TV presenter who represented her country at Miss World in 1982 and Miss Universe a year later, were married in 1994 but divorced in 1999 shortly before his retirement.
He found love again in the Serbian capital in the shape of 31-year-old fashion entrepreneur Marijana Colic.
She and Matthaus tied the knot in November 2003, but their marriage came to an end four years later after a lengthy divorce case in Salzburg – their last shared residence.
The pair initially separated after Matthaus began dating Ukrainian model Kristina Liliana Chudinova in 2007.
Colic, who still bears Matthaus’s surname, filed for divorce soon afterward. During the year-long divorce case, the couple allegedly looked to reach an out-of-court settlement over the division of their assets.
The former Bayern Munich star reportedly offered his ex-wife an €100,000 settlement and the ownership of their penthouse in Budapest.
While details of the divorce case were not made public, Blic reported Colic did not appeal the ruling, suggesting she was satisfied with the outcome.
The coulple were first spotted together in spring last year, with the former midfielder insisting he does not plan on getting married for a sixth time
By the time the divorce was officially ratified in January 2009, Matthaus had already married Chudinova. He was 47 at the time, 26 years older than her.
The pair met at the Oktoberfest in Munich in 2007 and exchanged vows in Las Vegas in December 2008.
The fact the pair tied the knot came as a surprise in itself, given they briefly went separate ways in February 2008 before reconciling their differences.
Matthaus’s fourth marriage hit the rocks early in 2010, when tabloids released pictures of his wife passionately embracing an unnamed Monaco business leader on his yacht during a holiday in Sardinia.
Matthaus married for a fifth and hitherto last time in 2014, when he tied the knot with Anastasia Klimko, from whom he had a son, Milan.
The couple divorced in 2021 but were spotted together at the Oktoberfest two years later, leading to speculation a rekindling of their flame may be on the cards before pictures with Sommer emerged.
Matthaus and Sommer were in attendance as Ousmane Dembele was crowned winner of the men’s Ballon d’Or last year, ahead of Barcelona starlet Lamine Yamal. That’s when their relationship appeared to be confirmed.
But there will be no marriage, according to the man himself. ‘I definitely don’t plan on getting married again,’ he told reporters earlier this year.
