Shakira will have started her new life in the States with her two children by the end of next week, Spanish media say.
It emerged last month that the Colombian songstress, 46, was looking at a date of April 1 to make her move to Miami with her sons Milan, 10, and Sasha, eight following her split with the children’s father Gerard Pique.
Spanish showbiz site Vanitatis said overnight Shakira had told those close to her and the medics who have been looking after her elderly parents that she will leave Spain for good by the end of the week.
It reported: “A large part of the singer’s close circle already knows she’s leaving. The children stopped participating in extra-curricular activities like baseball some time ago. They carried on playing football, especially Milan who loves the sport.
“But well-placed sources say that in Esplugues de Llobregat near Barcelona where the youngster has been going regularly to train and play games, they have been told the youngster won’t return.”
It added: “The children won’t return to their schools either. Milan has two weeks’ holiday at the international school he has been studying at for the past few years whereas Sasha only has one.
“Now, with a new life ahead of them, both are looking forward to the experience facing them.”
Shakira expert Laura Fa, one of two journalists who regularly report on the mum-of-two for Catalan newspaper El Periodico, said earlier this month the artist was looking at a new date of April 1 to leave Barcelona with her children after initial reports it would happen at the end of the school year in June.
That was before her mum Nidia Ripoll was hospitalized in the Catalan capital after a blood clot was found in her leg.
Her 91-year-old dad William Mubarak’s poor health was initially cited as the main reason she dropped plans to move to Miami at the start of the year after signing a child custody agreement with Pique in December.
The couple, who split last May after 11 years together, confirmed in November they had reached an agreement after a protracted negotiation which came to a head with a marathon 12-hour meeting with their lawyers. They signed the accord at a court in Barcelona the following month.
As part of the agreement retired footballer Pique, now dating 24-year-old Catalan beauty Clara Chia, will spend holiday time with his children.
Shakira’s wish to move to Miami, where she used to live and part of her family is based, is understood to have been the principal sticking point in the former couple’s previous failure to strike an out-of-court settlement.
