Bukayo Saka's girlfriend Tolami Benson is redefining the British WAG

England's lackluster efficiency will be the discuss of the city up to now at Euro 2024, however Tolami Benson is the discuss of the city.

The girlfriend of Arsenal striker Bukayo Saka has turn out to be a social media sensation throughout this 12 months's event in Germany, because of her impeccable face card and magnificence expertise which are fascinating the lots.

With out even saying a phrase, she single-handedly revived curiosity within the British WAG and it was a breath of recent air.

Following England's first match on the European Championships this month, images of Tolami's beautiful appears to be like made the rounds on social media, with followers declaring her WAG of the season and even British Vogue applauding her for respiratory life into the dying breed of wives and girlfriends .

Nonetheless, the thrilling buzz round Tolami is a stark reminder of what British soccer has been lacking over the previous decade – a minimum of for these of us who benefit from the frivolous aspect of the gorgeous recreation.

Many people will keep in mind the hoopla and sheer chaos surrounding the WAGs supporting their footballer husbands in the course of the 2006 World Cup in Baden-Baden, Germany. Again then, Cheryl (then married to Ashley Cole), Victoria Beckham and Coleen Rooney have been the discuss of the city, splashed throughout the entrance pages because the world analyzed their style, marriages and dynamics with one another (pre-Wagatha Christie, in fact).

Earlier than the age of social media influencers, these WAGs have been the celebrities we idolized and adored.

We have been captivated by all the pieces from their fashion to the scandal, and it was all compounded by the hit ITV sequence Footballers Wives, which made us really feel like we had a glimpse into their usually ridiculous world, albeit on a particularly fictional scale . It was all affairs, tanning, intercourse tapes and homicide, and we ate it up. No less than a few of it appeared steeped in actuality (homicide apart).

Nonetheless, Tolami appears to be a very completely different sort of WAG.

She's one of many first most distinguished black British WAGs we've had and likewise probably the most trendy.

Her fashion is impeccable, as evidenced by her sporting a black lace high underneath an Arsenal jersey whereas watching Saka throughout an away match.

She might simply turn out to be an envoy for each quick style manufacturers and high-end designers, however it doesn't look like Tolami goes down that path simply but.

Her LinkedIn reveals that she's only a common working woman who occurs to be courting a celebrity footballer. Tolami has a background in PR and media relations after graduating from Birmingham Metropolis College and simply took up a brand new workplace job as a senior planning govt at promoting firm Zenith in Could.