Pictured: Ruben Dias posts couple snap after Maya Jama dating rumours spread
4 January 2025, 10:36
Love Island host Maya Jama is thought to have been Ruben Dias for a month, with the Manchester City footballer posting a snap on social media.
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The first image posted since rumours started spreading shows a couple cuddling by the seafront watching the sunset.
Dias, 27, posted the image to his Instagram.
The Man City centre-back can be seen wearing a hooded sweater and trousers, wrapping his arm around his female companion.
The woman, who is thought to be Maya, 30, is wearing a camouflaged skirt and trainers.
The pair reportedly met at the MTV EuropeMusic Awards (EMAs) just two months after the Love Island host’s split from UK rap sensation Stormzy was announced.
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“Maya and Ruben swapped details at the EMAs and have chatted since, but things went up a gear in early December,” a source told The Sun.
They were first spotted out in public having dinner together on New Year’s Eve, the outlet reports.
“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. Spending New Year’s Eve together was a real step forward in their relationship,” the source added.
The insider claimed that it was still “early days” for couple.
Rumours of a possible romance back first exploded when the pair began following each other on Instagram.
A flurry of online sleuths added fuel to the fire when a photo published on social media showed the Portuguese football star having dinner with Maya at Sa Capella in Ibiza.
Dias has a string of past relationships with big name stars, from Portuguese pop star April Ivy to Love Island contestant Arabella Chi.Maya announced her split from Stormy, 31, in July last year.
The pair said in a joint statement: "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."
