Megan McKenna ‘dating Cambridge United footballer’ months after split from ex Josh Riley

Former TOWIE star Megan McKenna has reportedly found a spark with football player Lloyd Jones following her shock split from ex-boyfriend Josh Riley earlier this year

Megan McKenna has been linked to Cambridge United footballer Lloyd Jones, seven months on from her split from ex-boyfriend Josh Riley.

The former TOWIE star, 29, was spotted cheering on her rumoured new beau while he was playing for the U's against Charlton over the weekend.

Lloyd, 26, also works as a model for agency IMG Models when he's not busy on the football pitch.

The footie star first launched his professional career with Premier League giants Liverpool, captaining their reserves and impressing in the under 21s.

And Lloyd's rumoured new romance with the TV-star-turned-country-singer comes just months after she was left devastated following her split from ex Josh earlier this year.

However, it seems as though Megan's heart has been stolen once again by Lloyd as an insider described the pair as 'smitten' as they continue to get to know one another.

"Megan and Lloyd have been on a few dates together, they're really enjoying each other's company," the insider told.

"It's very early days but there's certainly a spark there. She's never dated a footballer before and she's loving watching him play," they added to Mail Online.

The Mirror has reached out to Megan's representatives for comment.

Back in January, the former TOWIE star split from her ex-boyfriend Josh Riley after previously dubbing him the 'one'.

At the time, the pair said the break up was 'amicable', according to sources.

The former reality TV star and her handsome beau decided to part ways due to the fact their different schedules started to cause issues, insiders claimed.

Things are said to have started to go south for the pair after they started to spend more time apart while in different countries.

"Megan and Josh were spending a lot of time in different countries and things just haven't worked out," a source told Mail Online at the time.

“They have unfollowed each other on Instagram and Megan has removed the few photos she shared of herself and Josh from her profile.

“ Megan is incredibly busy with her career, working on new music, touring, and is celebrating the release of her new cookery book, she is focused on work right now.”

The pair kept their relationship incredibly private and under wraps.

Megan and Josh were first rumoured to be an item back in August 2020.

Megan rarely opened up about her relationship with Josh - due to the fact he is an incredibly private person - but she did shed some light on their love story in a previous interview.

She gushed over how supportive Josh was of her love of music and her determination to make it big in the industry.

"He is so supportive of my music. He really understands the industry, he does his clothing brand, and he understands it all," she told The Sun.

"He loves listening to my songs. When I come home and I've written one, I play it to him. He's very proud of me.

"It's going really well and I'm really happy with him. I like the way it is and it's good to keep some things back, my family likes him too."

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