Love Island host Maya Jama and Manchester City footballer Ruben Dias have reportedly been dating for a few weeks after meeting at the MTV Europe Music Awards last year
Presenter Maya Jama has reportedly be dating professional footballer Rúben Dias since last month after having met him at an awards ceremony weeks prior.
Just days ago, it was reported that Love Island host Maya, 30, and Manchester City player Rúben, 27, had spent New Year’s Eve together after meeting at the MTV Europe Music Awards at the Co-op Live arena in Manchester on November 10. The pair are now rumoured to be dating.
It has now been claimed that their relationship “went up a gear” last month. There is also speculation that Rúben “jumped at the chance” to celebrate the New Year with Maya after an injury ruled him out of several matches.
A source told the Sun: “Maya and Ruben swapped details at the EMAs and have chatted since, but things went up a gear in early December.” They went on to say: “When Ruben got injured and had to miss the congested new year fixtures, he jumped at the chance to see in 2025 with Maya in Spain.”
They continued: “Spending New Year’s Eve together was a real step forward in their relationship.” The source added that Maya and Rúben “get on really well” and “make a gorgeous couple,” but stated that “it’s early days”.
It was reported earlier this week that Maya and Ruben enjoyed a dinner date on New Year’s Eve with one of her pals at Sa Capella in Ibiza. As previously reported, they didn’t share photos together but were said to have been seen in a blurry snap that surfaced on social media.
The speculation comes after Maya announced the end of her romance with rapper Stormzy, 31, in July last year. The former couple released a joint statement at the time, in which they said: “We fell madly in love in 2014, broke up in 2019, and then spent five years manoeuvring life apart. We decided to try for the final time in August 2023, and we’ve spent this past year trying our best to make it work; however, we recently decided to call it quits.
“We were 21 and 20 when we first met – both at the beginning of our careers – and spent five years growing together and then five years growing separately, so this final attempt required a whole lot of figuring out, relearning, and unlearning. We tried, and it didn’t work, and that’s okay.”
They added: “We still think the absolute world of each other, we still care and respect each other, we are still grateful for the time we’ve had together, and we are still friends and will always be friends (so if you see us having a lil catch-up at The Brits or something, don’t cause a fuss, we are dawgs!).”
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