Manchester City footballer Ruben Dias has confirmed his break-up with Love Island presenter Maya Jama, but insisted he did not cheat on her during their relationship.
“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 said in a statement on Instagram.
“Maya and I have always had a relationship built on mutual respect. No line was ever crossed in that regard.”
Speculation surrounding the pair’s relationship status has been rampant in recent weeks, after they both removed photos of one another from their respective social media accounts in mid-May.
In his statement, Dias, 29, said that while he usually remained silent on rumours about personal life, he believed it was wrong to lie to people and “portray an opposite image of people just for clickbait“.
“The reasons why we broke up are private and belong to us and we’ve both dealt with it in a very mature way,” he wrote.
“Respect me, respect Maya, and understand that not always one has to betray the other in order for a relationship to end.”
Jama, 31, is yet to comment publicly on their split. When contacted by the BBC, her representatives did not have a statement from the presenter.
Dias and Jama are said to have met in Manchester in November 2024 at the MTV European Music Awards, and later confirmed their relationship in April 2025.
The couple most recently lived together in Manchester, where the Portuguese national has been playing football since 2020.
He joined Manchester City as a defender for a £65m fee. In August 2025, he signed a two-year contract extension with the team, taking his deal to 2029.
Meanwhile, Jama is an increasingly successful British television personality, and has been the host of the hugely popular reality series Love Island UK since 2022.
She will also feature as a member of the cast in the second series of The Celebrity Traitors UK, airing later this year, and is set to star in an undisclosed role in the second season of Guy Ritchie’s Netflix series The Gentleman.
