All eyes will be on Lorius Karius when Newcastle lock horns with Manchester United in the Carabao Cup final on Sunday.
And Mia Khalifa, long an admirer of the 30-year-old, could be watching on from afar…
The goalkeeper threw the ball straight at Karim Benzema for Real Madrid’s first goal of that game, before then allowing a straightforward shot from Gareth Bale to sail past him.
And former adult TV star Khalifa is one person who may be watching on.
Winding the clock back, she previously defended Karius after his two agonising mistakes against Madrid.
Khalifa had actually made her love of Karius known before a ball had even been kicked, too.
The former Liverpool star tweeted a picture ahead of the final in Ukraine with a caption that read: “Eyes on the prize.”
And Khalifa then responded with a flirty message that read: “Is he [Karius] the prize?
Whether the Newcastle star receives any more messages of support from his big admirer remains to be seen.
But Toon boss Eddie Howe, speaking ahead of the final, has insisted he believes the goalkeeper is focused and ready to play if required.
“I’ve never really discussed [the 2018 final] at any length with him,” he said.
“Since day one, since he’s come here, he started where he hadn’t had a lot of work before joining us, he’s trained with our goalkeeper coaches in a really good way and I think his general performances in training have improved as he’s spent more time with us.
Karius himself, meanwhile, previously apologised after making two mistakes for Liverpool against Real Madrid.
I’m infinitely sorry to my team-mates, for you fans, and for all the staff.
I know that I messed it up with the two mistakes and let you all down…
“As I said I’d just like to turn back the time but that’s not possible.
“It’s even worse as we all felt that we could have beaten Real Madrid and we were in the game for a long time…
Today I lost my team the game.
“I feel sorry for everyone.
I’m so sorry for everyone, for the team, for the whole club.
“I just feel sorry for my team.
You have got to get your head up again.
“For now, I’m just really sorry for everyone that those goals cost us the title basically.”
