Hollie has said yes

Alan Shearer’s daughter marries a rugby player

Hollie Shearer and Joe Marchant are engaged.(Bild: Instagram.com/hollieshearer)

Hollie Shearer has said yes. The daughter of England striker legend Alan Shearer is marrying a rugby player.

In the background, the illuminated Eiffel Tower rises up as a picturesque backdrop. She proudly holds her engagement ring up to the camera. She is beaming with her sweetheart and future husband Joe Marchant. With good reason: the two have just got engaged, their joint Instagram post suggests. It's the "best day ever", writes Hollie Shearer.

Team player and ex-team player
In a way, it's a marriage within the world of sport. Joe Marchant is a well-known rugby player, currently also an England team player. He is marrying the daughter of one of the greatest strikers in English history. In soccer, mind you. Alan Seharer is considered a giant legend. With 260 goals, he is still the record Premier League goalscorer in the English Premier League. He preferably scored for Newcastle United, where he spent his active heyday from 1996 to 2006. He scored 30 times in 63 games for England's national team. In 1996, he reached the semi-finals of the European Championship with the Three Lions. There he was eliminated on penalties against the eventual European champions Germany - although Shearer had already put England 1:0 ahead in the third minute.

July 26, 1996: Alan Shearer celebrates England's early 1:0 in the European Championship semi-final against Germany. Stefan Kunz later equalized - and Germany went through to the final on penalties.(Bild: AFP)

While he was still at Blackburn Rovers, in 1995, his daughter Hollie was born. She is now a grown woman, soon to be a wife and, incidentally, an influencer with over 81,400 followers. They can admire Hollie on a regular basis - in training gear, in a baggy look, in a Chicago Bulls outfit, even in a bikini. A little foray:

So now Hollie is engaged. It's quite possible that she's meticulously documenting the wedding timetable on Instagram.