Adam Collard predicted his return to Love Island villa THREE years ago – and dropped HUGE hint last month

ADAM Collard predicted his return to Love Island THREE years ago – and dropped a huge hint last month.

The controversial star is set to put the cat among the pigeons when he waltzes back into the Majorcan villa after four years away.

But he’d been vying for another crack at the reality TV show for years – tweeting his interest back in 2019 during the series won by Amber Gill and Greg O’Shea.

He said at the time: “Tell you what put me in that villa this year and I’d give you a show.”

And last last month, presumably after securing his return with bosses, he teased his shock comeback on Instagram.

He wrote next to a topless photo he shared: “Be rude to stop the island spam already…”

Adam’s arrival was teased at the end of last night’s show, where it was also revealed that Jay Younger, Chyna Mills, Dami Hope and Summer Botwe were all at risk of being dumped from the island after losing a public vote.

Geordie hunk Adam, 26, caused chaos in Love Island‘s 2018 series before leaving with stunning Zara McDermott.

Adam’s behaviour in the villa attracted criticism from some parties.

Viewers of the ITV2 dating show were shocked when he smirked as Rosie cried following their split.

This prompted Katie Ghose, then chief executive of Women’s Aid, to release a statement highlighting “clear warning signs in Adam’s behaviour”.

She said Rosie had “called out Adam’s unacceptable behaviour on the show” and asked viewers to join her in “recognising unhealthy behaviour in relationships and speaking out against all forms of domestic abuse – emotional as well as physical”.

Rosie also addressed Adam’s behaviour, later telling the Jeremy Vine Show she thought he had actually been “sort of praised” for his actions after leaving the villa.

She added: “Not by the public – the public were very much on my side. But when it came to work, he very much seemed to have a lot more of the work that came along for being this player.”

Adam was dumped on day 32 and in his exit interview said he would not return to Love Island if he had the chance, because he just wanted to see Zara.

The couple did indeed reunite days later outside the villa but eventually split in 2019, with Zara moving on to a relationship with Made In Chelsea star Sam Thompson.