Northern Eire captain and Birmingham Metropolis striker Simone Magill has introduced she is pregnant.
The 31-year-old shared the information along with her Birmingham team-mates on Wednesday and introduced it on social media alongside along with her husband, Mark.
“One thing tells me subsequent 12 months goes to be one of the best one but,” Magill posted on Instagram.
Magill is not going to function for Birmingham for the remainder of the season or for Northern Eire within the 2027 World Cup qualifiers, which start in March.
WSL2 membership Birmingham Metropolis say Magill will proceed “mild coaching” with the group and that the membership’s medical and efficiency employees will assist her “all through her being pregnant and past”.
Amy Merricks, Magill’s head coach at Birmingham, mentioned she would “make an incredible mum or dad”.
“We’re wanting ahead to supporting her on this journey via her being pregnant and as her child comes into the world, we’re excited to have a Bluenose child,” Merricks mentioned.
“We need to hold Si in and across the surroundings as a lot as attainable.
“She desires to stay sharp and play a vital half on this season and we’re wanting ahead to supporting her along with her journey.”
Magill missed Northern Eire’s Nations League play-off defeat by Iceland on the finish of October and final performed for Birmingham in September due to a hip difficulty.
She received the primary of her 95 NI caps as a young person in 2010 and was named captain by Tanya Oxtoby in October 2024.
Magill performed a key position in Northern Eire’s qualification for Euro 2022 – her nation’s first main match – however sustained a knee damage within the first match in opposition to Norway.
