The most private football couples in the Premier League

Last Updated on 19 February 2026

In an era where footballers’ lives are dissected in real time, privacy has become one of the rarest luxuries in the game. Relationships, in particular, often play out under the glare of social media, paparazzi lenses, and endless fan curiosity.

Yet a handful of Premier League stars have quietly resisted that pull. Choosing intimacy over influence, they’ve built long-term partnerships away from it all.

These are the league’s most low-key romances. Relationships defined not by visibility but by consistency, loyalty, and a deliberate life beyond the spotlight, while others could not.

Bukayo Saka & Tolami Benson

Arsenal’s starboy has grown into one of England’s most recognisable footballers, yet his personal life remains strikingly guarded.

Linked to PR graduate Tolami Benson since 2020, Saka has kept their relationship almost entirely off his public platforms. There are occasional stadium sightings hinting at their bond but nothing too major to make a splash.

Even as his fame has exploded, the pair have avoided the influencer-couple blueprint that often follows young superstars. The result is a modern football romance built on deliberate discretion: steady, supportive, and largely untouched by the noise surrounding him.

Eberechi Eze & Naima Corbin

The composure that defines Eberechi Eze’s game extends seamlessly into his private life. The Arsenal star married childhood partner Naima Corbin in a quiet 2022 ceremony that passed with barely a ripple in football media, a rarity for a Premier League star wedding.

Since then, they have maintained near-total privacy, sharing little publicly and appearing together only sparingly. In a sport where personal milestones often become content, Eze and Corbin have chosen something simpler: familiarity and distance from attention.

Phil Foden & Rebecca Cooke

Phil Foden’s rise from Stockport prodigy to Manchester City cornerstone has unfolded alongside a relationship that predates the spotlight.

He and Rebecca Cooke met as teenagers and have remained together through academy years, titles, and international stardom, raising three children largely out of public view. A lot like some of the other footballing couples who met before the stardom.

Cooke keeps a private online presence and rarely engages with football celebrity culture, anchoring their life in Cheshire rather than the influencer circuit. Their story carries the feel of continuity, a partnership that stayed constant while everything around it changed.

Virgil van Dijk & Rike Nooitgedagt

Long before Ballon d’Or podiums and Champions League triumphs, Virgil van Dijk and Rike Nooitgedagt were simply teenagers in the Netherlands navigating early ambition together.

Nooitgedagt notably left her job to support Van Dijk’s uncertain climb through Scottish football. It was a sacrifice that preceded global recognition by years. Today, it has all worked out, but privately.

Despite his status as the world’s best defender, Van Dijk leads a life intentionally kept out of view. Their relationship reflects endurance, built quietly across every stage of his ascent.

Jordan Henderson & Rebecca Burnett

Across title runs,and transfers, Jordan Henderson has maintained one constant boundary: his family’s privacy. Married to Rebecca Burnett since 2014, the couple have raised three children largely shielded from the visibility that follows elite football leadership.

Burnett rarely appears at public events, while Henderson’s own platforms remain almost entirely football-focused, reinforcing a clear separation between career and home.

Even amid renewed attention in the later phase of his career, their partnership has stayed characteristically low-profile, steady, protected, and intentionally out of frame.