Manchester City might be facing 115 charges of wrongdoing, but Ruben Dias is facing a singular charge of his own that he's currently doing his best to fend off.
Dias is one of the finest defenders in the world. He was a cornerstone of Pep Guardiola's City side and a former Ballon d'Or nominee. Since joining City from Benfica in 2020 for around £65 million, he’s near-enough picked up where Vincent Kompany had left off the year before.
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He was named the Premier League Player of the Season in his debut campaign and collected four Premier League titles and a Champions League winners' medal.
On the pitch, his reputation is unimpeachable. But off it, his personal life attracted huge public attention when his relationship with one of Britain's most recognisable TV presenters became tabloid fodder.
Ruben Dias and Maya Jama: A High-Profile Romance Under the Spotlight
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Dias and Maya Jama were together for approximately 18 months, with their relationship attracting massive amounts of media attention given both their profiles.
Jama is one of the UK's biggest presenting talents, fronting the ever-popular reality show Love Island, and boasting a huge following on social media. The pairing of a Champions League winner and a primetime television personality was always going to draw eyes, and for the most part, the couple appeared to navigate the spotlight with a good degree of composure.
However, the relationship is understood to have come to an end just before Jama departed for Scotland to film Celebrity Traitors a few weeks ago. Almost immediately, rumours began to circulate over the reason for their break-up, with suggestions of infidelity directed squarely at Dias.
In screenshots reported by The Sun and allegedly dating back to March, Dias appeared to have been following and unfollowing model Catarina Duraes on social media. A similar pattern was reportedly observed with another woman last November. While there was no suggestion that Dias had directly messaged either woman or crossed any physical line, an insider told the publication that the behaviour "will raise eyebrows."
The term "toe dipping," used to describe flirtatious social media activity while in a committed relationship, began trending in connection with the 29-year-old's name.
Ruben Dias Issues Lengthy Denial On Instagram
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After weeks of silence, Dias addressed the rumours head-on with a lengthy statement posted to Instagram, and the trigger for it all was rather personal:
"I feel that when my 85-year-old grandad is asking me if I've cheated on my girlfriend because he's seen it repeatedly on the news, that's where I draw the line on what's acceptable and what's not."
He went on to flatly deny the allegations, stating that the relationship had always been built on mutual respect and that no line was ever crossed: "A lie told often enough can start to feel like the truth and for that reason I tell you that I didn't cheat, nor did I ever have the intention or temptation to."
Dias also made a point of affirming his respect for Jama, writing: "I believe Maya deserves all the respect in the world."
However, the City defender stopped short of revealing the actual reasons behind the split, insisting that those details remain private: "The reasons why we broke up are private and belong to us and we've both dealt with it in a very mature way. I've always chosen to remain silent on these matters as my personal life is my business only.”
Read Dias’ full statement below:
He concluded by asking for respect for both himself and his former partner, and made the broader point that infidelity isn’t the only reason a relationship can end.
It seems as though Dias has made his position abundantly clear. Whether the statement fully draws a line under the speculation is a totally different question, though.