Bernardo Silva goes public with stunning new girlfriend Ines Tomaz after posting loved-up snap of pair on beach
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MANCHESTER City star Bernardo Silva has confirmed he has found love again with a stunning Portuguese model.
The midfielder fuelled speculation he was dating beauty Ines Tomaz after he revealed late last month she was one of the group of three women and three other male pals he had been on lockdown with.
He posted a group photo showing him and Ines at the house near Lisbon where they stayed, prompting reports he was over his split with French model ex Alicia Verrando nearly two years ago.
Ines, whose sister Mariana represented Portugal at Miss Global 2017, posted footage on her Instagram of the footballer with his arms round her on a beach.
The 25-year-old playmaker responded with his own photo, showing the loved-up pair looking tanned and relaxed at a dinner table.
One fan responded with a thumbs-up for Ines, saying: “Bernardo scores on and off the pitch.”
Another said simply: “You magician.”
The pair’s friends, including fashion model Madalena Bonvalot, also showed their happiness with heart and applause emoticons.
Neither Bernardo or Ines gave away any details of when they began dating, although they are thought to have been seeing each for several months and managed to keep it a secret until relatively recently.
Reports around the time Silva is understood to have split with ex Alicia said he reluctantly ended their two-year relationship with her because it had “gone cold” following the brunette’s move to the UK.
Monte Carlo-born Alicia, who met Bernardo when she landed a job as an intern marketing assistant at his former club Monaco, flew to Russia to support Portugal at the last World Cup.
Soon after arriving she shared a video of fans wearing Portuguese shirts with her partner’s name on ahead of his team’s match against Uruguay.
But the last "happy couple" photo they shared on social media was in May 2018 from the upmarket resort of Sesimbra near Lisbon.
Bernardo, who signed a five-year contract with Man City in May 2017 for £43million, posted pics online of him with his sister Maria at her wedding but none with Alicia.
Alicia, who studied international business at California State University and speaks several languages fluently including English, Portuguese and French, left France to move to Manchester when manager Pep Guardiola came calling.
Little is known about Ines, other than she works as a model and is well-travelled having done shoots in Rio de Janeiro, Cuba and Morocco.
Her full name is Ines Degener Tomaz and she is believed to hail from Lisbon.
She regularly treats her Instagram followers to photos of her in bikinis.
The house where they stayed ahead of Silva’s return to the UK is in the countryside an hour from the Portuguese capital.
The Man City star said last month of his Portuguese lockdown: “I’ve been watching Netflix, plenty of sports during the day, playing the piano and learning how to cook better.
“It is a good opportunity. My friends are very good cooks, so they have been teaching me a lot of things.
“It is time to try and enjoy ourselves at home and that is what I have been trying to do.”
He also confirmed he was exercising as much as possible using programmes sent to him by Man City.
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A few weeks ago he revealed international team-mate Cristiano Ronaldo had asked the Portugal squad to donate half of their Euro 2020 qualification bonus to help combat the coronavirus pandemic.
He said: “So we qualified to the 2020 Euros, which now is in 2021.
“And he gave us the idea let's donate part of our bonus, so I think our national team, our players will donate 50 per cent of our qualifying bonus.”