Jack Grealish’s mystery girlfriend, Love Island slip up and ‘secret off-pitch weapon’
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Jack Grealish keeps his love life very private – but weirdly that wouldn’t be the case if he wasn’t a superstar footballer.
The Aston Villa ace is hoping to get on the field during England’s highly anticipated Euro 2020 semi-final with Denmark tonight – with a place in the final against Italy at stake.
However, if he wasn’t a footballer then the midfield dynamo has admitted he would probably be spending his summer in the Love Island villa.
When asked how his life would otherwise had panned out in April, Grealish confessed he would have been either a club promoter, DJ or contestant on the ITV2 dating show.
Jack certainly doesn’t need any help finding romance at the minute as he’s loved-up with his stunning girlfriend, Sasha Attwood, who he considers his “secret weapon” off of the pitch.
The couple were childhood sweethearts but briefly split up during a strained time in their relationship, which led to a rather awkward moment ironically involving a Love Island star.
Jack and Sasha, who are both 25-years-old, met as teenagers at St Peter’s Roman Catholic Secondary School in Solihull, West Midlands.
They separated after enduring a “rocky patch” in their relationship but managed to rekindle their love in time for the European championships.
Neither have ever been overly public about their relationship and have always kept it away from the eyes of the public.
“Jack and Sasha have been through a rocky patch but are firmly back on track now. Jack is keen to keep Sasha out of the limelight and she keeps him grounded,” a source told The Sun last month.
“He thinks it’s best if the fans still think he’s single, but she’s been cheering him on from the side lines during the Euros.
“He thinks it’s best if the fans still think he’s single, but she’s been cheering him on from the sidelines during the Euros. Sasha is his secret weapon off the pitch and will support him no matter what. They’re both very close to each other.”
Despite keeping their relationship a secret, the model has been supporting her boyfriend at England matches during the tournament.
She has been seen alongside some of the other England WAGs and was even spotted wearing a Three Lions’ shirt with ‘Grealish’ on the back during the opening match against Croatia.
And she was also in the crowd cheering her man on when he came on as a substitute during the 0-0 draw with Scotland.
Sasha was hunted by a modelling agency at the age of 13 while shopping in her home town of Birmingham and is currently presented by Industry Model Management.
The model, who recently revealed she will be working with House of Fraser, regularly posts stunning snaps on Instagram as well as make-up tutorials to her 11,000 followers.
Jack did get into an awkward situation earlier this year while he was separated from Sasha with a former Love Island contestant.
The England star was caught cheekily trying to slide into the DMs of Natalia Zoppa, who entered the villa as one of the Casa Amor girls during the Winter Love Island series last year.
Apparently, Jack attempted to get the model’s attention by sending a waving hand emoji in a direct message.
However, her angry boyfriend Hass Saleh saw the message and released it publicly in a TikTok video which went viral.
“As if today couldn’t get any weirder, the best player in the Premier League tried to chat up my missus,” said Natalia’s boyfriend, who was clearly a big fan.
During the video, Saleh jokingly told Zoppa to send the Villa playmaker the link to her OnlyFans page.
He said: “Send him the OnlyFans link – he’ll be a good tipper!”
But Zoppa had no interest, replying: “I’m not going to send him the OnlyFans link!”
It was all in good fun as sources said neither Zoppa or Saleh took the matter too seriously and were not annoyed at Grealish.
Instead, they apparently viewed the scenario as an opportunity to advertise her social media platforms.
“It was all a bit of a laugh for Natalia and her boyfriend. Neither of them took it seriously,” an insider told The Sun.
“Hass is not surprised Jack would be attracted to her because she’s gorgeous and he’s proud of her.
“He wasn’t having a go at Jack, he thought it was a good opportunity for her to draw attention to her social media and OnlyFans because she thrives on having as many followers as possible.”
While friends close to Jack said he was only liking her photos and remained “devoted and loyal” to Sasha.
Grealish will be hoping he gets a chance to impress against the Danes tonight while his girlfriend watches on from the stands.
Wembley will be full of England fans hoping the Three Lions can conquer their semi-final demons and make it to the final of Euro 2020.
There have been calls for Grealish to start the match from big names such as Jose Mourinho, who wants Gareth Southgate to give the “brave” Villa maestro a chance.
“Everybody knows I am very, very Grealish,’ Mourinho told talkSPORT this morning. “I like the guy because he never hides, he creates unbalanced situations for defenders, he’s brave.
“When a team is so solid like England, especially with Rice and Phillips in front of the back-four, I believe a team always needs a player like Grealish.
“It doesn’t look like he’s an option to start with Gareth, and Gareth is right, especially if England win the Euros – Gareth is right and we are wrong. I would play Grealish but it doesn’t look like he will start.”