There's a baby boom at Manchester United with SIX players welcoming new additions to their families Romelu Lukaku's girlfriend gave birth to baby boy shortly before Christmas Paul Pogba's partner Maria Salaues gave birth before squad travelled to Dubai Fred, Nemanja Matic, Victor Lindelof and Matteo Darmian are also in clubBy Simon Jones for the Daily Mail Published: 22:30 GMT, 16 January 2019 | Updated: 01:50 GMT, 17 January 2019 9 shares 18 Viewcomments They have hailed the return of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer who beamed about his bond with such a family club, but Manchester United’s players are taking matters to the extreme. Alan Hansen said famously United wouldn’t win anything with kids, but there’s a baby boom among the first team with no fewer than SIX players welcoming new additions to their families. Romelu Lukaku led from the front, producing a boy with his girlfriend before Christmas, and he was followed with a little more publicity by Paul Pogba, whose partner Maria Salaues gave birth to a boy prior to the squad’s trip to Dubai. Nemanja Matic welcomed his third child to the family after his wife Aleksandra gave birth Nemanja Matic stayed behind following Sunday’s win against Tottenham to be with wife Aleksandra in London’s Portland Hospital for their third child, Anika, while fellow midfielder Fred and partner Monique Salum announced a baby boy on Wednesday. Victor Lindelof and wife Maja Nilsson are expecting next, with Maja posting on Instagram this week that she was ‘starting to organise the baby room’. And last, but not least, Italian defender Matteo Darmian and wife Francesca Cormanni announced at the end of last month that they had a baby on the way, too. ‘I’m not sure what happened nine months ago,’ said one staff member. ‘So much for “get plenty of rest”. We may need chef to put more bromide in the tea.’ Maja Nilsson, Victor Lindelof's wife, posted this picture on Instagram as they are expecting Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site dailymail and under his responsibility