Who are the Hottest Wives & Girlfriends Heading to the World Cup in Russia?

A glittery cavalcade of models, pop stars, and Instagram empresses are set to descend upon Russia with their y-chromosomes in tow.

As the FIFA World Cup kicks off tomorrow many of the top footballers on the planet will be watched from the stands by their wives and girlfriends.

In the old days — before reality TV — footballers’ wives were meek and dowdy matrons who were almost invisible except on the biggest occasions.

But then came Victoria Beckham, Cheryl Cole and Coleen Rooney — wives of England stars David, Ashley and Wayne respectively.

So when the FIFA World Cup kicks off on June 14 the names of the wives and girlfriends (WAGs) of players like Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi and Dele Alli trip off the tongue almost as easily as the players themselves.

So to celebrate soccer’s other, better halves, we assembled a not-even-close-to-exhaustive list of the most beautiful WAGs from the 2018 World Cup.

Georgina Rodriguez (girlfriend of Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo)

Ruby Mae (girlfriend of England’s Dele Alli)

Sara Salamo (girlfriend of Spain’s Isco)

Inna Zhirkova (wife of Russia’s Yuri Zhirkov)

Bruma Marquezine (girlfriend of Brazil’s Neymar)

Antonella Roccuzzo (wife of Argentina’s Lionel Messi)

Helga Lovekaty (girlfriend of Colombia’s James Rodriguez)

One player whose wife you are unlikely to see in a bikini or a low-cut dress is Liverpool’s Egyptian striking sensation Mo Salah.

He married Magi in 2013 — she wore a modest Muslim-style wedding dress — and his daughter Makka (Mecca) is named after the holy city in Saudi Arabia.

Mo Salah’s wife, Magi