Taylor Ward, wife of Riyad Mahrez has announced she is expecting a baby with her husband, who had a disappointing early exit from AFCON
By Kehinde Okeowo
After the disappointment of an early and humiliating group stage exit from the African Cup of Nations (AFCON), Algerian captain, Riyad Mahrez has a bit of good news to cheer about.
The Manchester City winger is expecting his first child with his second wife, Taylor Ward, who shared the happy news on social media.
The model, who has over 1.7million followers on Instagram took to her page to disclose the good news.
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Sharing a picture from a recent vacation to the Maldives during the Premier League winter break, Taylor can be seen holding her baby scans while Mahrez has his hand on her baby bump.
She captioned it, “Where life begins and love never ends,” and received well wishes from several influencers including Love Island star Moly-Mae Hague.
The 30-year-old Algerian, tied the knot with Ward in 2021 after they got engaged during a trip to the Greek island of Mykonos in June of the same year.
The 24-year-old model is the daughter of former Premier League center forward Ashley Ward and Real Housewives of Cheshire star Dawn Ward.
Mahrez before his marriage to the model has had two daughters from his previous marriage to Rita Johal, therefore, the new baby with Dawn will be his third child when born.
Taylor, one of Dawn and Ashley Ward’s four daughters, and Mahrez live together in a £2million mansion in Cheshire.
The former African champion also got his wife a £400,000 worth of engagement ring last year.
