The $30 million toe in the water

The FIFA World Cup is set to kick off in the US, Mexico, and Canada on June 11, with a new crop of wives and girlfriends of football players making their mark.. these women are whip-smart, empowered, and independent, with a mix of brins and glamour.

Some of them are lawyers, engineers, marketing executives, intensive care nurses, and interior designers, and they're not above an occasional raucous night out or designer shopping splurge.

An echo of Sydney's 2024 institutional buy-up

The new crop of WAGs is expected to be more low-key than their predecessors, but they will still join the players well before their first match. Coach Thomas Tuchel says, 'We will go very early to the US, earlier than maybe other teams .. We will go there to prepare for the heat and the humidity.'

This early camp will allow the team a good mix between free time, family-friends time, and football.

Who is the unnamed buyer?

Among the partners heading to the US are a lawyer, engineer, marketing executive, intensive care nurse, and interior designer. Brainy many of them may be, but like Coleen and co they're not above an occasional raucous night out.

Some of the partners will already be familiar to football fans, such as Harry Kane's wife Katie, a sports science graduate, who is the undisputed Queen Bee.

The $4,000 Chanel crossbody bag

Lawyer Olivia Parvia, dating Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson, works for Gunnercooke, a leading global law firm. Despite being the brains of the bunch,she loves a party as much as the WAGs of old and also has a penchant for designer clothes.

She was seen sporting a £4,000 Chanel crossbody bag during the last game of the season.

A familiar pattern from the 2019 crash

Meanwhile, Manchester United midfielder Kobbie Mainoo's student girlfriend, Layla Roye, is studying at Salford University.. She keeps a low profile on social media with all her accounts set to private, though she and Kobbie were seen wearing matching fur coats to his 21st birthday bash.