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- The expanded Club World Cup in the United States got underway last weekend
- A number of the players’ WAGs have joined them Stateside for the tournament
- Catch all the action from the Club World Cup live on DAZN
The first week of the newly-expanded Club World Cup in the US has been and gone already.
In the first 32-team format of the competition, the winner will walk away with a whopping $125m (£91.89m), with $1bn (£735m) of prize money being distributed to the 32 participating clubs, according to FIFA.
Two teams from England – Chelsea and Manchester City – are competing, and they are joined by some of the biggest clubs in the world including Real Madrid and recent Champions League winners Paris Saint-Germain.
Elsewhere, Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami are involved and kickstarted the competition last weekend, while clubs from the likes of Asia, Africa and South America are also taking part.
A total of 12 stadiums from across the USA are hosting matches, and a number of superstar players have their wives and girlfriends in attendance, while others have not travelled to support their partners.
So… who are the WAGs of this summer’s Club World Cup stars?
Maya Jama – girlfriend of Ruben Dias
Maya Jama and Ruben Dias have reportedly been dating each other for the last few months.
Ruben Dias, who joined Manchester City in 2020 for around £57m, was previously with Portuguese singer April Ivy.
Jama shared their recent trip to the Amalfi Coast on her Instagram where the pair enjoyed the luxury of the Italian coastline.
The Love Island presenter and TV personality, 30, has been spotted at City’s games since starting a relationship with Dias but, despite being being in the honeymoon phase of their relationship, Jama is not in the US to support her boyfriend at the Club World Cup.
Jama is currently hosting the new series of Love Island in Spain, but is cheering on her beau from afar.
Isabel Haugseng Johansen – girlfriend of Erling Haaland
Another partner who is not be present at the tournament is Erling Haaland’s girlfriend Isabel Haugseng Johansen.
The Norwegian has been winning on-and-off the pitch as him and Haugseng Johansen welcomed their first baby in December 2024.
She is at home with the baby, rooting for the striker from across the pond as Manchester City aim to finish an underwhelming campaign with a trophy.
Connie Grace – girlfriend of Cole Palmer
Former Manchester City player Cole Palmer is competing in a darker shade of blue at the Club World Cup with Chelsea as his girlfriend Connie Grace supports him from the stands.
Manchester through and through, Grace runs a nail salon in the city as well as being an influencer.
The private couple first met through mutual friends when they were 17, as Connie revealed on the Amazon Prime documentary ‘England’s Lions: A New Generation’.
She said: ‘Cole now is still the same Cole that I met when I was 17. Obviously, he’s changed, he’s grown up, and his life now is completely different, but he’s still the same boy, he’s still laid-back Cole. Cole will adapt to whatever situation he’s in.’
Aine May Kennedy – girlfriend of Conor Gallagher
Compatriot and former Chelsea team-mate Conor Gallagher is featuring at the tournament for Spanish giants Atletico Madrid.
He is being supported by Irish model girlfriend Aine May Kennedy, and they both saw and met Ed Sheeran at his concert at Atletico Madrid’s Wanda Metropolitano recently.
The duo have been together since they were teenagers with Kennedy making the move with Gallagher to the Spanish capital at the start of the 2024-25 season.
Ashlyn Castro – girlfriend of Jude Bellingham
Another Englishman living in Madrid, Real Madrid’s Jude Bellingham is shacked up with American influencer and model Ashlyn Castro.
Castro has previously dated US basketball colossus Terance Mann and has also been linked to A-listers such as Michael B. Jordan.
The 27-year-old has been seen numerous times cheering her man on at the Bernabeu alongside Bellingham’s mum, Denise, and was also in the stands for England’s drab 1-0 win over Andorra in Barcelona earlier this month.
Gabriely Miranda – wife of Endrick
Teenage Brazilian star Endrick shares the pitch with Bellingham, but struggled for game time in his first season at Real under Carlo Ancelotti.
Now playing under Xabi Alonso, Endrick is being cheered on by his wife Gabriely Miranda.
The 23-year-old model is five years Endrick’s senior, but the two are very serious about their relationship and have a reported husband and wife contract where they must say ‘I love you’ no matter the situation, according to The Sun.
Antonela Roccuzzo – wife of Lionel Messi
Once a wonderkid and now arguably the greatest player of all time, Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami played in the first match of the tournament when they were held to a 0-0 draw by Al Ahly, and the Argentine icon’s childhood sweetheart Antonela Roccuzzo was there to witness it.
Mother to Thiago, 12, Mateo, 9 and Ciro, 7, the 37-year-old has been there every step of the way during Messi’s career.
Roccuzzo has embraced the American lifestyle after years in Europe and is giving her husband her full support as he aims to add another trophy to his collection.
Sofia Balbi – wife of Luis Suarez
Inter Miami team-mate Luis Suarez followed Messi to Miami in January 2024 after a long stint in Spain, with his wife Sofia Balbi accompanying him.
The 34-year-old has known Suarez since they were teenagers, despite the pair coming from very different backgrounds due to her affluent upbringing.
Suarez and Balbi have gone from strength to strength and have three children together: Delfina, Benjamin and Lautaro.
Catherine Harding – wife of Jorginho
Changing the red and white of Arsenal for the red and black of Flamengo, Jorginho is back playing for a team for his homeland of Brazil.
Jorginho and his wife Catherin Harding got married in Italy just two weeks before the start of the World Cup as they brace themselves for a new life in South America.
Singer Harding has a child with actor Jude Law from their previous relationship, but rose to prominence in the footballing world following Amazon Prime’s ‘Married to the Game’ series, which showed how her and Jorginho’s relationship has blossomed behind closed doors.
Claudia Rodriguez – wife of Marc Cucurella
Euro 2024 winner Marc Cucurella enjoyed his best season in a Chelsea shirt in the 2024-25 campaign and finished the season by winning the Conference League.
Now, he has his sights set on claiming another trophy at the Club World Cup.
He has the support of his wife Claudia Rodriguez, with the couple having three children together.
Rodriguez’s social media reflects her love for London, often jetting to various countries around the world when she has the time.
The couple have also opened up on the ‘Married to the Game’ documentary about the challenges they’ve faced raising their autistic child.
Cucurella and Rodriguez did not feature in the first series of the show, but were widely praised for opening up about their life and dealing with a family robbery in the second series.
