Riyad Mahrez‘s spouse broke down in tears as she claimed she ‘does not have any selection’ aside from to comply with her husband to Saudi Arabia, earlier than revealing she had a ‘freak out as the truth of life within the conservative nation turned clear.
The ex-Man Metropolis star sealed a £30million transfer to Saudi Professional League facet Al-Ahli final summer time, incomes a deal price £750,000-a-week, in a shock switch.
Taylor Ward revealed within the new Prime Video sequence ‘Married to the Recreation’ that she had little warning of her husband’s transfer to the nation.
Ward broke down in tears when speaking to her sister Darby concerning the prospect of shifting to Saudi Arabia within the first episode of the sequence, admitting she felt like she had ‘no selection.’
‘I really feel like everybody goes to be in every single place, it’s simply going to be so laborious, life goes to be so totally different,’ Ward mentioned.
Riyad Mahrez’s spouse Taylor Ward broke down in tears resulting from their transfer to Saudi Arabia
Ward admitted she did not just like the transfer to Saudi Arabia and claimed she does not have a selection
Ward mentioned she was ‘overwhelmed’ after ex-Man Metropolis star Mahrez knowledgeable her he can be becoming a member of Saudi Professional League facet Al-Ahli
‘I really feel like it’s so laborious, there are occasions I can’t, I simply don’t prefer it.
‘We’ve got to speak about one thing else, I can’t cease crying.
‘I don’t prefer it, I don’t have any selection.’
Ward mentioned she was ‘overwhelmed’ when Mahrez knowledgeable her they’d be leaving Man City and shifting to Jeddah at quick discover
The winger instructed her ‘It is a part of the sport, innit’, after she had expressed concern that she can be ‘sat at residence alone’.
The sequence, which airs on February 23, is ready to indicate how Mahrez household have settled to life in Saudi Arabia.
Ward – daughter of former Premier League participant Ashley Ward – has travelled forwards and backwards from Manchester as she wraps up preparations to completely transfer into their residence.
A lot has been product of restrictions in Saudi Arabia. The household of former Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson lived within the extra industrial Bahrain throughout his ill-fated six-month spell, although they nonetheless struggled to settle earlier than he sealed a transfer to Ajax within the Netherlands.
Ward is a social media sensation with almost 3million followers on her Instagram account
The Amazon Prime sequence goals to supply a perception into the lives of the wives and girlfriends and Premier League footballers like Ward
Mail Sport reported how the spouse one one participant who had joined a Saudi membership final summer time was being hissed at in a procuring centre for sporting shorts.
Stories have additionally emerged that gamers’ wives and girlfriends have felt remoted and weak within the conservative Islamic nation.
Within the second episode, Ward admits she had a ‘freak out’ after the truth of residing in Saudi Arabia turned clear.
The mannequin and influencer mentioned she had phoned forward to a lodge to ask about what she and their 18-month daughter Mila may put on on the swimming pool, resulting from being conscious of Saudi Arabia’s conservative attitudes.
She revealed her shock to a pal when the lodge knowledgeable her that the swimming pool was just for males.
‘I gained’t lie, I had a freak out yesterday,’ Ward mentioned.
‘I rang the lodge to ask “I’m coming with my child, what do folks put on across the pool”, I do know it’s much more conservative there and it’s a must to costume a sure method
‘I mentioned “I simply need to verify after I include a child what’s the neatest thing to put on, do I have to put on one thing coated if I’m going within the water.
‘They have been like “oh no sorry, it’s only a man’s pool, it’s only a gents pool”.
Ward admitted to having a actuality verify about life in Saudi Arabia when she known as a lodge to ask what she and the couple’s 18-month-old daughter, Mila, may put on at a swimming pool
She admitted ‘freaking out’ after being instructed that the lodge swimming pool was ‘males solely’
The mannequin and influencer revealed her shock you’re unable to drink alcohol in Saudi Arabia
‘The ladies can’t use it, so I gained’t lie I had a little bit of a meltdown after that as a result of it hit me.
‘I do know it’s so silly, I don’t even like swimming or getting my hair moist, however it’s simply the truth verify of you aren’t shifting to Spain.
‘It’s a very totally different way of life, I didn’t realise till Riyad instructed me that you simply couldn’t drink over there.’
When her pal replied ‘You’ll in your home’, Ward burdened the tightness of the foundations.
‘You aren’t allowed to drink full cease, you may’t simply drink inside,’ Ward mentioned.
‘Not in the entire nation, you may’t even purchase it on the airport.
‘No-one goes to return go to me.’
Chatting with Mail Sport concerning the sequence, Ward revealed she has been settling to life in Saudi Arabia.
This has included assembly up with fellow wives and girlfriends of Mahrez’s team-mates at Al-Ahli, a lot of whom are ‘in the identical boat’ exploring and discovering a brand new nation in unfamiliar environment.
Ward had expressed considerations to her buddies over shifting to the conservative Islamic nation
Mahrez and Ward bought married in September for the second time – after first having a Muslim ceremony in 2022
Ward has additionally claimed guidelines are being relaxed on a regular basis.
‘I believe it is determined by the place you go. In the intervening time they’re stress-free these guidelines,’ she mentioned.
‘From what I had heard, I used to be nervous about that stuff after we first went, however it’s shocked me. It is extra relaxed from what I used to be first instructed.
‘Everybody’s been actually supportive. Clearly it was a shock originally. My grandparents nonetheless dwell within the UK and so they have been devastated that I used to be leaving. It is solely a five-and-a-half hour flight in the event that they need to see me. We’ll simply do journeys there and again and household will come see me.
‘My mum and pop dwell in Dubai which is a two-hour flight away. They’ve been to Saudi six or seven occasions already – always turning as much as come and see me which is good.’
