Liam Payne posts picture with Drake while pregnant Cheryl stays at home… as fans speculate they could be collaborating

LIAM Payne sent his fans into a frenzy on Thursday after posting a picture with Drake.

The former One Direction star headed to see the Hotline Bling performer in concert at London's O2 on Wednesday night and caught up with the star backstage.

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Captioning the black and white snap of them posing together, Liam wrote: "great to see a genius at work last night" with a fire emoji at the end.

There was no sign of Liam's pregnant girlfriend Cheryl, 33, who could well have been resting up at home ahead of their impending arrival.

But fans still got excited by the photograph as they speculated that Liam and Drake could be collaborating on music together.

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One follower wrote: "If yall collaborate I'm gonna explode", while another added "Collab! Collab!! Collab!!!"

A third added: "Waiting for the collab!(u both will sound awesome together!)".

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Liam is currently working on music for his highly anticipated solo career and has spent lots of time in Los Angeles recording in recent weeks.

While the couple are yet to publicly confirm when she's expecting their baby, Twitter users claimed last week that Liam had jetted back from the States.

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Fans immediately began speculating Cheryl must have gone into labour, with one even writing: "Cheryl's super baby is coming."

While another added: "Im afraid of going to sleep because we may get the news that cheryl supposedly is into labour/gave birth idek whats up bye."

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And one wrote: "#UpdateDirectionersTeam Liam Payne is back to London finally #LiamPayne #BackToLondon."

And one claimed Cheryl's long social media silence only added to the rumours, writing: "Cheryl has been gone from social media for over a month. I'm pretty sure that means she's gonna have this baby soon."

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And some fans even claimed to have Liam's flight information, with one tweeting: "If you wanna catch Liam Payne at Heathrow he is ok American Airlines 108! Terminal 3, leaving LAX in 40 minutes! Go go go."