MEET the sizzling hot Brazilian pop star who is said to be secretly dating Manchester City star Gabriel Jesus.
Ludmilla Oliveira da Silva, best known by her stage name Ludmilla, is a singer songwriter and one of Brazil’s top female funk music artists.
Rumours are the pair have been dating on-and-off since July last year.
In an interview on a Globo TV chat show Conversa com Bial this month, the music star dismissed any involvement with the Premier League footballer.
Asked how the whispers started, the singer smiled coyly, shrugged and said: “I don’t know, probably from some website.”
She added: “Gabriel is a lovely person and a close friend.”
But blame for the speculation appears to lie closer to home.
Ludmilla’s youthful and lookalike mum Silvana Oliveira posted a couple snaps of herself posing next to the footballer in Ibiza last month and this sent fans’ tongues wagging.
Alongside the Instagram photos the 43-year-old wrote: “Don’t forget our pagodinho rsrs.” Pagodinho is a small samba party and the “rsrs” is the Brazilian way of illustrating laughter.
If it wasn’t for Silvana’s indulgent snap, no one would have known her daughter was staying at the same resort, the Ushuaia Ibiza Beach Hotel, and basking on the same beach as Jesus.
The forward, 21, was on a break from Man City at the end of August, around the 27 and 28, and chilling with a group of friends in Spain.
Brazilian diva Ludmilla was in Europe for an international tour and after her show in Portugal apparently flew over to spend time with the Brazil ace.
The pair are believed to have enjoyed a romantic few days together and partied at the Ushuaia festival.
They carefully avoided being photographed side by side but failed to tell Ludmilla’s mum that the dots could be connected.
One of Jesus’ friends, Ricardo Pipo, also let the cat out of the bag by taking a selfie with Ludmilla at the same party and following her on social networks.
The next morning the player returned to England and Ludmilla continued to holiday with her mother.
The romantically-linked duo met for the first time at the World’s Largest Dance Show, a festival held on July 22, 2018 in Sao Paulo.
Lud, as her millions of fans call her, was one of the main acts.
Jesus hooked up with the sexy star behind the scenes after her show and shared a photo of them together on social networks as well as a video of them hugging.
He was with his mum, Vera Lucia, and posted cute footage of them dancing together during Ludmilla’s set.
The singer also posed with Jesus’ mum on the night.
It was this photo of the two young singletons together that sparked the gossip.
Jesus published the snap with Ludmilla and followed it up with some lyrics from her latest song Din Din Din.
The fans loved it and drooled over the notion of the two Brazilians dating.
Rumours were further fuelled when the pair reportedly attended a birthday party together in Guaruja, south east Brazil, organised by Neymar for close friend and promoter, David Brazil.
