Why Claudine may have to say goodbye to London

DON'T worry Claudine, London probably isn't all it's cracked up to be anyway. Ireland's premier WAG Claudine Keane (27) may be the epitome of the footballer's wife, but she is about to get a harsh dose of reality. As her husband Robbie (29) is rumoured to be making a move to Birmingham City FC, the former beauty queen will be swapping Oxford Street, the West End and Chinawhite for The Merry Hill Centre, the Hippodrome and Subway City nightclub. The mum-of-one has embraced the WAG lifestyle with gusto, and may be just the injection of glamour that Brum needs. But with every big move comes a lifestyle adjustment. This Dublin beauty may be used to the likes of celebrity hairdresser Stuart Philips grooming her locks, but Birmingham has salons too -- however, your chances of running into Alex Gerrard and Carly Zucker are slim to none. Birmingham City are hoping to sign the Tottenham striker ahead of arch-rivals Aston Villa, and Robbie is already said to be out of favour with Spurs manager Harry Redknapp, who loaned him to Celtic earlier this year. And when her husband was on loan in Glasgow, she was conspicuously absent from his side, instead choosing to spend her days in London with their young son Robbie (2). At the time, she defended her choice saying: "It would be wrong to bring Rob up north all the time, it wouldn't be fair to him to keep him in a hotel room for the weekend or whatever so it's better that we stay where we are while his dad's working." Now, as the date nears, the question remains: will glamorous Claudine swap the bright lights of London for the er, unique charms of Birmingham? As her modelling career continues to soar, having been named the face of Ultimo lingerie once again, she is likely to stay put in the English capital. While she insists she is the antithesis of a WAG, she is definitely the poster girl for footballers' wives. She made headlines when she debuted her new €6,300 Hermes Birkin bag in Dublin earlier this winter, an item that might stick out among Birmingham's elite. As the accessory is worth nearly the average person's yearly rent, she has finally joined fashion's elite and beat the four-year waiting list. So, there is one consolation prize in this -- if she does choose to stick to London, at least she has something to clutch on to at night.