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Maya Jama took her rumoured relationship with footballer Ruben Dias to the next level as she took her family to support him at Wembley Stadium on Sunday.
The Love Island presenter, 30, has been linked with the Manchester City defender, 27, for some time now, with the pair spotted spending more and more time together.
Maya had been in a long-term on-again off-again relationship with London rapper Stormzy until the couple announced they’d split up last year.
She was first spotted with Portuguese international player Ruben on New Year’s Eve – and Maya even flew to Portugal to watch Ruben play a game in March.
At Wembley yesterday, Maya was cheering Ruben on as his Manchester City team overcame Nottingham Forest in a 2-0 semi-final win to reach the FA Cup final.
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The win meant that City reached their third consecutive FA Cup final – they lost the final in 2024 but won in 2023. Both games came against their city rivals Manchester United.
On the afternoon of the game, which started at 4.30pm on Sunday, Maya filmed herself sitting in the back of a taxi with members of her family.
She captioned the Instagram video ‘Family day out to Wembley,’ and could be seen smiling while filming the other five members of her family who were in the taxi with her.
In further pictures shared on social media, Maya took a photo of the view from her seat, which was situated on the smaller middle tier of the massive arena.
And it’s likely that Maya will be heading back to Wembley on Saturday, May 17, when Manchester City will face Crystal Palace in the 2025 FA Cup final.
Ruben was named as captain for the semi-final, having taken on a leadership role for Manchester City since he joined the club in 2020 from Portuguese team Benfica.
After his arrival in England aged 23, Ruben ended a three-year relationship with singer-songwriter April Ivy – the pair had started dating in 2018.
Following weeks of speculation, Maya’s new relationship status was apparently revealed by BBC football presenter Gary Lineker during a conversation between the pair.
Maya and Gary were trading laughs with former Manchester City and England footballer Micah Richards when something slipped out of Gary’s mouth.
‘You said I look 40 years old,’ Micah joked with Gary. ‘I’m only 36! You do me wrong, man. How old are you?’
Jama then humorously interjected to say she was ’30 actually, on the dot. Just three-zero. New, fresh 30. I just got there.’
Gary then asked Micah to ‘stop flirting’ with Maya before asking him to ‘get Maya’s boyfriend to come and play for [Leicester City],’ implying that her boyfriend was Ruben.
Maya quickly shot back by ordering Gary and Micah to ‘Get out!’ before laughing and saying: ‘This is why I don’t talk to old people. They’re so weird.’
Speaking about what she wants in a relationship these days, Maya revealed in an interview with the Standard that she’s now on the search for true love.
‘I am so happy right now but the next person I meet I want to marry and have kids with, so obviously I’m feeling fussy. I’ve created such a nice life for myself alone and I don’t want anyone who’s not going to add to that’.
She continued: ‘I’m in this lovely bubble and I don’t want you unless you make me happy. If you’re not, I kind of don’t need you.
‘One thing I’ve learned: some people are like, “I’m lonely, I need someone.” But the mission in life is to make yourself happy, then find someone who brings something that matches that to the table.’
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