By BETHAN EDWARDS FOR MAILONLINE

Published: 12:22 BST, 7 April 2025 | Updated: 12:24 BST, 7 April 2025

Andy Carroll is planning to propose to girlfriend of five months Lou Teasdale despite still being married to estranged wife Billi Mucklow. 

The ex-Liverpool striker, 36, and his former TOWIE star ex Billi, 36, confirmed their split last September after secretly separating earlier in the year after being together for 11 years.

Weeks later Andy and celebrity hairstylist Lou, 42, revealed their relationship and now he is reportedly ready set on tying the knot with her. 

The couple, who went Instagram official earlier this year, have started a fresh life in France following his transfer to fourth-tier club Bordeaux.

Andy is said to be desperate to cut ties with Billi, who he shares three children with, but she is pushing-back in the divorce.  

A friend of the loved up couple has now told The Sun: ‘Andy is very close to proposing to Lou. They are madly in love.

Andy Carroll is planning to propose to girlfriend of five months Lou Teasdale despite still being married to estranged wife Billi Mucklow

Andy Carroll is planning to propose to girlfriend of five months Lou Teasdale despite still being married to estranged wife Billi Mucklow 

‘She is spending as much time as she can with him in France and Andy has never been happier. Lou is exactly what he needs because she is a calming influence on him and it’s noticeable the change she’s had on him to everyone around them.

‘He’s been telling friends his divorce can’t come quick enough’. 

MailOnline have gone to representatives.  

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Married Andy Carroll ‘plans to tie the knot with girlfriend Lou Teasdale after five months of dating’ as he tells friends his divorce from wife Billi Mucklow ‘can’t come soon enough’

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