Steven Gerrard's daughter Lilly has announced her first pregnancy with boyfriend Lee Byrne, the son of jailed Irish gangster Liam Byrne.
The 20-year old confirmed her pregnancy in an Instagram post on Sunday evening - meaning her former Liverpool and England footballer father, whose birthday is on May 30, will be 45 when then child is born.
Sharing a photo of her positive pregnancy test, she wrote: 'Our little secret. The best news... mini us is on the way.'
Her parents are currently based in Bahrain while Steven manages Saudi Arabian club Al Ettifaq in the Saudi Pro League.
The former Liverpool and England ace has four children with wife Alex - daughters Lilly, Lexie, 18, Lourdes, 13, and a son named Lio, eight.
Responding to his daughter's post, he wrote: 'We can't wait. Congratulations and we love you.'
Lilly's partner - with whom she was first linked in 2022 - is the son of Kinahan Cartel gangster Liam Byrne, currently serving a five and a half year prison sentence for a plot to stockpile a stash of machine guns.
Ipswich Crown Court heard how Byrne and colleague Shaun Kent planted a haul of automatic weapons in a bid to help Kavanagh dupe the authorities.
Kavanagh, Byrne's brother-in-law, was hoping to lead the National Crime Agency, Britain's FBI, to the guns in a bid to reduce his sentence in a drug conspiracy case.
The staggering haul, imported from Holland, included the Skorpion, the type of automatic weapon used to murder Ashley Dale and Ellie Edwards on Merseyside.
Liam's son Lee, celebrated the sentencing with a 'get in there' adding 'I love you da. See you soon.'
And Lilly followed with a snap with her beau declaring her love for him.
The couple became an item after Lee moved into a gated community in Freshfield, one of Merseyside's more desirable post codes.
The Byrne and Gerrard families are said to have bonded since the young couple began dating, with Lee describing Alex Gerrard, Steven's stunning wife, as his second mum.
There is no suggestion that Lee or any member of the Gerrard family are involved in crime.
Gerrard and his family currently live in a luxury six-bedroom villa close to members of Bahrain’s royal family and others from the country’s elite.
It costs around £10,000 per month and comes with its own swimming pool, tennis court and games room and is in a compound behind a high gate.
His three youngest children with Alex are enrolled at Bahrain’s most exclusive English language school, which is in the world’s top 100 and where fees are almost £11,000 per year each.
As part of his contract, Gerrard and his family have also been given free membership of the country’s two most exclusive health clubs which are based at the luxurious Four Seasons Hotel and the Ritz Carlton Hotel.
