Is star goalkeeper Alex McCarthy dating hot Lauren Goodger?

New Delhi: Reading's star goalkeeper Alex McCarthy is reportedly dating Lauren Goodger, formerly of TOWIE. The up and coming England player, 24, who narrowly missed out on the Championship play-offs this season, is ‘infatuated' with the star and ‘the pair are constantly in touch'. The paper reports that despite it still being very early days, Lauren,27, has told pals that the football player, who previously dated fellow TOWIE star Frankie Essex, ‘seems like a keeper'.A source told the newspaper: ‘Lauren in completely over Mark and was loving single life, but her flirtation with Alex has grown and grown. ‘They first met last year and sparks were definitely flying. But it's not until recently that it has got serious.'While Lauren, who posted a very revealing 'belfie' on Friday, has not yet spoken about her new man, earlier this year she was forced to deny that she had a fake boyfriend. ‘I'm enjoying seeing him out of the limelight. I'm still single, but now I'm home we've made plans to see each other and go on a few dates.'News of her man comes after her former fiancé Mark Wright asked her to stop mentioning him in interviews.The aspiring businesswoman dated Mark on and off for 10 years, before the pair finally parted ways in 2011. Lauren split from her last boyfriend Jake McLean in December of last year after a series of rows. The former reality star is not of course the only TOWIE stat to step into the realm of WAG.