Jack Grealish

After going viral with political lyrics and claims that he’s a Premier League player, Dide has football and rap fans speculating on his real identity. In his first ever interview, he tells THE FACE about the motivation behind the mask.

Is it football as content? A strain to inject some reason into the international down period between competitions people actually like? However it got here, the vibe is no longer good.

As seen on: The celebs have been out wearing pearl necklaces, archive Versace, new Versace, trusty blazers, gimp masks and bloody massive Balenciaga boots. It’s called fashion, darling.

Editor Matthew Whitehouse on THE FACE cover stars Jack Grealish, Tems, Beabadoobee, and the ecstasy of fandom.

Jack Grealish’s other sporting life: as a teenager, he played Gaelic football for an historic Irish sports club in the Midlands. We went there to meet the coaches who remember the “natural”, and the kids who aspire to be him – even the ones from the Blue side of Birmingham. Well, some of them.

As Manchester City win a fourth Premier League title in five years, we meet the talismanic midfielder with the world at his feet, a Gucci ambassadorship and the kind of megawatt charm that’ll burn through English football for the next decade.