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One is his childhood sweetheart, the other a curvy television actress with a back catalogue of famous ex-boyfriends.
But Jack Grealish now finds himself with a big decision to make – whether to dump Sasha Attwood, his girlfriend of ten years, for Emily Atack after becoming ‘besotted’ with her in the past six weeks.
The Mail on Sunday can reveal that Ms Atack, 31 – who made her name in the Channel 4 coming-of-age comedy The Inbetweeners – has also fallen for the Manchester City star.
However, she insists that she isn’t going to ‘hang around’ for him if he doesn’t end his romance with Ms Attwood.
Inbetweeners star Emily Atack, 31, (pictured) has been on a number of secret dates with Jack Grealish, 26, after seeing him on he celebrity dating app Raya
Sources say that she has grown fond of England’s first £100 million footballer, but thought he was single when she was introduced to him by another England player some weeks ago.
Ms Atack, who has been on a number of secret dates with the 26-year-old, told friends that she had also seen him on the celebrity dating app Raya and presumed he was no longer in a relationship with Ms Attwood.
One told The Mail on Sunday: ‘Jack is besotted with Emily… she really likes him too – otherwise, of course, she wouldn’t have met up with him.
‘She did also think he was single – it is what you expect if you see someone on a site looking for a girlfriend.
‘Emily has really enjoyed his company recently, but she certainly isn’t going to hang around if he stays with his girlfriend. She will happily get on with her life if that’s what he wants to do. It’s up to him now.’
Yesterday, while Grealish was out of the limelight in the England team’s bubble at The Grove Hotel in Hertfordshire, Ms Attwood – a model and social media influencer – was said to be ‘devastated’ after learning he had met Ms Atack both at her North London home and at Manchester’s five-star Lowry Hotel.
It is understood that Ms Attwood, 25, only discovered the facts shortly after England’s 5-0 win over Albania in their World Cup qualifier on Friday. To make matters worse, she had been cheering him on with goalkeeper Jordan Pickford’s wife Megan Davison.
The pair had enjoyed a ‘festive girlie day’ earlier on Friday at London’s Corinthia Hotel, posting images on Instagram of themselves eating brunch, drinking hot chocolate and enjoying the spa facilities. Yesterday, however, Ms Attwood appeared to be in hiding after failing to return to the Corinthia with Ms Davison.
Ms Atack’s mother declined to discuss her daughter at the family home in Birmingham yesterday.
Jack Grealish (right) now finds himself with a big decision to make – whether to dump Sasha Attwood, (left) his girlfriend of ten years, for Emily Atack after becoming ‘besotted’ with her in the past six weeks
Ms Attwood, who attended St Peter’s Roman Catholic secondary school in Solihull with Grealish, is very close to the footballer’s family – especially his 18-year-old sister Hollie, who has cerebral palsy.
She also joined Grealish’s mother Karen when he signed his record-breaking contract with Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium in August. Meanwhile, Ms Atack – who was in Paris when the story broke – smiled yesterday as she took her dog, a King Charles cavalier named Penny, for a walk near her home.
It appeared that the actress, who was dressed in a lilac cropped top and jeans, was aware that she was being photographed. She had just arrived back from the French capital where she had spent the night with her mother, singer Kate Robbins, and her sister Martha.
Despite being made aware on Friday night that the story was about to break, Ms Atack posted three glasses of champagne on her Instagram account. The actress, who played Charlotte Hinchcliffe in The Inbetweeners and in 2018 came second in I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!, is understood to have been a schoolboy crush of Grealish’s. He was 13 when the first series was screened in 2008 and 19 when the final movie came out.
Ms Atack has previously dated former One Direction singer Harry Styles and ex-Big Brother heart-throb Ziggy Lichman. When appearing on I’m A Celebrity alongside Harry Redknapp, who went on to win, she asked him if his son, footballer-turned-pundit Jamie, would go out with her after the show.
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