Football’s a game of two halves – and that certainly seems to be the case when it comes to the wives and girlfriends of Gareth Southgate’s Three Lions. There’s very much a north-south divide among the WAGs cheering on England’s footballers from the stands at Euro 2024 One team is made up of the glamorous housewives of Cheshire while the second squad features the partners of top London Premier League teams. The players’ loved ones are set to play a key role from the sidelines as England prepare to kick-start their stuttering campaign as they bid for glory. And amidst growing criticism among travelling fans in Germany, as well as an expectant nation back home, the WAGs are determined to put on a united front to help lift the spirits in the camp. Now MailOnline can reveal that among the models, influencers and Love Island stars, one figure has emerged as the new ‘Queen of the WAGs’. She’s definitely ‘a keeper’, or to be precise the wife of England’s number one Jordan Pickford. Like her Everton star husband, Megan is known to be a safe pair of hands in a crisis and is said to have assumed a ‘mother hen’ status among the other wives. Graduate Megan, 28, has been at Pickford’s side since they were teenagers in Washington, Tyne and Wear. The childhood sweethearts married in 2020 and have a son aged five and a nine-month-old daughter. Megan, who is known for her organising skills, has busily been arranging private jet trips with some of her fellow WAG’s who have been travelling back and forwards for matches during the tournament. A source close to the wives’ camp told MailOnline: ‘These are the northern girls but out of all the WAGs, whichever club their partners are playing for, Megan is considered the number one WAG. ‘She’s got a great personality and is a good organiser and is excellent at getting people together. The other WAGs respect her a lot and listen to her.’ Megan travelled to Germany with fellow northern Wag Anouska Santos, the girlfriend of Manchester United’s Luke Shaw. The friends were later photographed together wearing matching white England shirts with their partners’ team numbers. Mother-of-two Anouska, 33, and Megan were also spotted enjoying lunch together before England’s bore draw against Slovenia in Cologne on Tuesday. Megan may well be providing a comforting shoulder to cry on for Annie Kilner, the wife of Manchester City defender Kyle Walker who is also part of the ‘jet set group’ who flew into Germany with her fellow northerners. Kilner, 31, was furious after her husband’s former lover Lauryn Goodman attended England’s match against. Denmark. Model Lauryn, 33, has two children with Walker while she has four. Megan will be joined by Anouska and Annie when they fly in ahead of England’s last 16 showdown with Slovakia in Gelsenkirchen on Sunday. Other members of the friendship group include Olivia Naylor, the girlfriend of Manchester City defender John Stones and team-mate Phil Foden’s girlfriend Rebecca Cooke – who has been unable to attend due to the birth of their third child. After the Slovenia match, Olivia, 33, and members of Stones’ family were spotted getting out of a private jet at Erfurt Airport close to England’s base camp. Also touching down at the airport were Annie Keating, the partner of Newcastle United star Anthony Gordon and Aine May Kennedy, a model and influencer who is dating Chelsea’s Conor Gallagher. They went on to be reunited with the players at the Weimarer Golf Hotel and Spa in Blankenhain on Wednesday The manager sees the WAGs as vital to team morale. It is the third time that the England players have been ‘rewarded’ with visits from their partners, despite their lacklustre displays at Euro 24. The source said that meetings between players and their partners had always always been on the schedule after each game. Irish-born Aine May, 25, is part of the other main WAG group, made up of the partners of players based in the south of England. It includes Dani Dyer, partner of West Ham United player Jarod Bowen and model Tolami Benson, who is Arsenal winger Bukayo Saka’s partner. Love Island star Dyer, 27, is one of the most high profile WAGs and has grown up in a family of West Ham supporters including her EastEnders actor father Danny – so she should be well prepared for the highs and lows the game has to offer. PR executive Tomani, 23, has been helping bring ‘outsiders’ into the ‘London Club’ as she is said to be to be particularly close with Ellie Anderson, the partner of Aston Villa striker Ollie Watkins. Ellie, 27, leads a busy life as a mother-of-two and successful businesswoman who runs an interior design brand. England’s current crop of WAGs have been described as ‘less cliquey
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