The original message with which Pau Gasol and Cat McDonnell announce that they are expecting their third child: “He will be the fifth starter”

Pau Gasol (44) and his wife, the Californian financier Cat McDonnell (35), announced on Monday that they are expecting their third child. They did so with an exciting message and several images in which their older children also appear, Ellie y Maxexcited about the new member of the family on the way.

“New Rookie signing! Gasol starting 5, coming this fall 2024 season”they both wrote on their Instagram accounts. (New rookie signing! He will be the fifth starter and will arrive this fall 2024 season).

Ellie and Maxi, who are now 3 and 1 1/2 years old respectively, wear T-shirts with the messages “big sister” and “big brother”The happy parents have not yet revealed the name of the child and have not given any clues about the sex, as the booties they have chosen to pose in front of the camera are white.

Pau and Cat met in the United States and said “I do” in San Francisco in July 2019. Shortly after, they celebrated a lavish party in Girona. Their first daughter, Ellie Gianna, was born in September 2020 and was named after the deceased daughter of her father’s great friend, Kobe Bryant. Father and daughter died earlier that year after the tragic helicopter accident and, since then, both Pau and Cat have been two of the greatest supporters of Vanessa Bryant and her other daughters. Both families do not let go of each other’s hands. On the side of the Catalan Los Angeles Lakers legend and his wife, the two welcomed their second child at the end of 2022.

The former Barcelona player, who retired in the autumn of 2021, is dedicated to charitable work, including as president of the Gasol Foundation Global Champion for Nutrition and the end of Childhood Obesity. These days he is in Paris following the Olympic Games.