Congratulations are in order for , who is set to become a dad!
The football star, 28, announced on Sunday (July 7) that is pregnant with their first child together.
Taking to , where Jack boasts 9.2million followers, the couple shared a sweet photo of Sasha’s growing bump, with Jack standing behind with protective hands on her bare belly.
His caption read: ‘Life’s biggest blessing 👶🏻’
He didn’t share details of Sasha’s due date, or the sex of their unborn baby.
The parents-to-be were soon inundated with congratulatory messages as the snap reached hundreds of thousands of likes within minutes.
Chelsea player Ben Chilwell commented: ‘Congratulations guyssss!! ❤❤❤’
Jude Bellingham said: ‘Congrats brother❤️’
German footballer İlkay Gündoğan said: ‘Congrats bro❤️’, while Harry Maguire also commented red love hearts.
Sarah shared the same picture on her page, captioning it: ‘Half of me , half of you – beyond blessed ✨🤍🙏🏻’
Jack has been dating Sasha for over a decade after first meeting at school in Solihull.
While they are not currently married, Jack spoke in 2022 about wanting to tie the knot.
After sparking engagement rumours, he revealed: ‘My mum and dad are married, so of course, I want to do that.’
Sasha has been by Jack’s side throughout his professional sporting career, having followed him from his early days at Aston Villa.
They later moved away from their hometown of Birmingham when the England star joined Manchester City in 2021 for a whopping £100million.
In May this year, Sasha expressed her pride after Manchester City’s Premier League win.
‘Champions X4. What a team, so proud!’, she wrote on Instagram in given how the childhood sweethearts prefer to
When she’s not cheering Jack on at the side of the pitch, Sasha works as a model, a career she began at just 13.
She frequently shares fashion and beauty videos online, and is signed to Elite Model Management.
Sasha has advertised for brands including L’Oreal, House of Fraser, and PrettyLittleThing, and has even modelled Boohoo’s maternity range before.
Therefore, between them, the pair have clocked up some impressive brand connections, with Jack having also signed seven-figure sponsorship deals with Puma and Gucci.
Late last year, though, tragedy struck as their Chesire mansion was raided.
on Boxing Day while Jack’s family were inside, making off with £1million of jewellery.
Jack only spoke about the ‘traumatic’ incident for the first time recently, after it emerged that Sasha, who was watching Jack’s match at the time, hit a panic button.
It is thought 10 relatives – including Jack’s parents and siblings – were inside the property at the time of the burglary.
The star’s loved ones were forced to run for cover inside the £5.6million property, which Jack and Sasha only moved into before Christmas.
A source later said that Sasha was ‘in pieces’ over what happened, especially as it regarding her relationship, forcing her to turn off social media comments.
‘Jack is particularly angry about the impact this has had on Sasha. They’ve been together nearly half of his life and he loves her to bits,’ the insider added.
‘He will now do anything to protect her. They’ve got their dream home but it means nothing if she’s not happy and Jack wants her to feel as safe in it as possible.’
Meanwhile, their joyous baby announcement about becoming a family follows Jack’s devastation of missing out on the final 26-man England squad for Euro 2024.
As manager Gareth Southgate cropped his 33-man team down, Jack was one of seven players who failed to make the cut.
According to , the player was both stunned and upset by the outcome.
However, sitting out of the tournament has surely allowed Jack some downtime and the opportunity to support Sasha through the early stages of her pregnancy.
