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One thing elite-level soccer players never struggle for is female attention.
The status - and societal power - that comes with playing for the biggest teams in the biggest leagues is a fast-pass to relationships that many men who watch them from the stands each week could only dream of.
It does however have players routinely questioning just how genuine their love connections are. Is the attraction truly to them, or is it the lifestyle they can provide?
Well, five players, a mix of current and retired, put that theory to the test in a 30-day challenge for Peacock's hit new show Love Undercover. No medals, no goals, no followers; just regular joes. Let the games begin.
Retired Premier League stars Jamie O'Hara and Ryan Babel are joined by Charlton Athletic's Lloyd Jones, as well as Mexican pair Marco Fabian and Sebastian Fassi, to see if they can find love in Los Angeles in 30 days without revealing they are soccer players.
Former Premier League star Jamie O'Hara is one of the stars of a new reality dating show
Ex-Liverpool and Fulham forward Ryan Babel also joins the show, where five soccer players - past and present - change their identities in a bid to find true love in just 30 days
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'The price of fame is you give up your privacy,' Babel, who spent four years playing for Liverpool, says in episode one. 'For once I can be someone else, I won't be predictable.'
There is a giddy excitement among the guys that they can reinvent themselves over the course of a month… even if they all routinely seem to pick out music megastar Beyonce as their go-to type. Dial it a back a touch, gents.
Given dossiers to study so they are tuned up to memorise their cover stories - ad sales, construction and restaurant manager are some of their new trades - the quintet's transformation also includes ditching their luxury clothes and watches. It proves quite the adjustment to their regular lifestyles.
One of the most striking elements from the opening three episodes of this 10-episode season is the brotherhood all five guys quickly create. That
