Le Saux is of English descent through his mother, and has distant Breton descent on his father's side.
Homophobic abuse Le Saux is heterosexual, and he and his wife, Mariana, have two children. He attributed this to his lack of enthusiasm for the "typical" footballer's lifestyle, his university background, and the fact that he read a
left-wing broadsheet newspaper,
The Guardian. This led to abuse from opposition fans and even players. He was involved in a running series of taunts with Liverpool striker
Robbie Fowler while playing for Chelsea against Liverpool on 27 February 1999. During the game, Fowler repeatedly bent over and pointed his backside in Le Saux's direction. Le Saux delayed taking a free-kick to protest about Fowler's behaviour and was booked for time wasting. Fowler claimed in an autobiography that at one point during the match, Le Saux shouted "But I'm married!", which was followed up by Fowler's quip "So was
Elton John, mate!" Le Saux himself said that this never happened, and that Fowler had used 'dramatic licence' to make himself look funny. Both were later charged with misconduct by the FA. In a later interview with
The Times, Le Saux said, "More than anything in my career, that offended me. What [Fowler] did was wrong and he has never admitted that. He still talks as if it was a bit of a laugh". Following
Thomas Hitzlsperger's disclosure that he was gay in January 2014, Le Saux's article from 2007 resurfaced on
social media, causing Fowler to state on
Twitter that he had apologised to Le Saux. In his 2007 autobiography, Le Saux also accused Chelsea's assistant manager
Gwyn Williams of making homophobic comments towards him. "He would wander up to me before training and say: 'Come on,
poof, get your boots on.'"
Education Le Saux took an Environmental Studies degree at
Kingston University before dropping out to concentrate on his football career. His interest in learning never left him, however, and as a player he was often derided for reading
The Guardian and visiting museums in his spare time.
After football Following his retirement he worked as a pundit for the
BBC on both their
Match of the Day 2 television highlights show, and for their
BBC Radio 5 Live station. He works as a match analyst and commentator for the U.S.-based
NBC Sports Network's
television coverage of the
Premier League. In other television appearances, in 2007 Le Saux was a finalist on the game show ''
Vernon Kay's Gameshow Marathon and in 2009 he competed in series 4 of the talent show Dancing on Ice'', being voted off in the first round. Le Saux has reported and presented occasionally for
BBC Two's business news programme
Working Lunch, while in 2006, he joined
ABN AMRO Bank's UK private banking team in the role of Ambassador for their Sports Desk. Le Saux is a trustee of the UK charity
Fields in Trust Le Saux published his
autobiography Left Field: A Footballer Apart in September 2007. He is a non-executive director of
RCD Mallorca after the club were bought by American investor
Robert Sarver and former
NBA player
Steve Nash in January 2016. ==Career statistics==