Ian Rush's new life with model fiancee 16 years younger than Liverpool legend

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The Welsh football hero is expected to return home before Christmas to be with his family, including his partner, Carol Anthony, who is 16 years his junior. Rush started his relationship with the Irish singer and model following his split from Tracy, his wife of 25 years, in 2012.

"It was in a couple of the papers in the UK, all about the age gap and didn't come up to speed about what I've been doing the past few years," she told the Irish Independent."They took another six years out of my life. I just felt it was time I spoke up for myself."Ian himself said, it's great to support a footballer in the height of their career but when you finish your career, it's a downward spiral and a whole different ballgame.Ian Rush and his partner Carol (Image: Instagram.)"I've been so supportive of Ian over the last years and helped him work on getting contracts so it feels a bit like a slap in the face when you read these articles.

It was a little bit hurtful."Women are strong and we'll always try to take things on the chin but when I saw Ian getting annoyed about it I said, 'No I'm going to take a stance on this.'"Since then, the pair have been occupied planning their future, with Ian and Carol disclosing last year they were considering a summer ceremony in the south of France. We're together 12 years now."But I used to walk behind Ian at every function because I would never want to be photographed with him.