Jude Bellingham's 'girlfriend' Laura Celia Valk stuns in a red mini dress as she poses for playful snaps in Ibiza following claims their 'romance' is a cooked-up publicity stunt

Jude Bellingham's model 'girlfriend' Laura Celia Valk turned up the heat in new snaps of herself which she posted to her Instagram page on Friday.

The playful pictures, shared a couple of days before England's next Euros clash again Slovinia, show the blonde beauty enjoying a plate of spaghetti.

Dutch model Laura looked incredible in a frilly red dress from PrettyLittleThing, showcasing her svelte and tanned frame in the pretty snaps.

In the photos, Laura wore her highlighted blonde locks up in a messy up do, while opting for glamorous make-up and a pair of hoop earrings.

Suspicion has been mounting over the nature of her relationship with Jude - if there even is one - with Laura's latest posts doing nothing to quash the speculation.

Jude Bellingham 's model 'girlfriend' Laura Celia Valk turned up the heat in new snaps of herself which she posted to her Instagram page on Friday

The playful pictures, shared a couple of days before England's next Euros clash again Slovinia, show the blonde beauty enjoying a plate of spaghetti

The posts were taken 1,240 miles away from Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on the Balearic island of Ibiza, while Jude plays in the Euros for England.

However, the Mail recently revealed the mystery surrounding their 'romance' - because they don't appear to be in a relationship at all.

Instead, weeks of rumours were prompted by a publicity stunt orchestrated by an opportunistic executive at Manchester-based clothing company PrettyLittleThing, where Laura is a model.

It was at a glamorous lingerie photoshoot in Madrid that she apparently confided in make-up artists and hairdressers that she and Bellingham, 20, had got close.

In details believed to have been leaked by the firm to a red top newspaper, Laura, 25, was said to be 'completely smitten' and had spent time at his home in the Spanish city where he plays for Real Madrid.

While neither party has commented on reports of a relationship, two months on from Laura's photoshoot the pair still haven't been seen together and there are claims that Jude is still on the exclusive dating app Raya.

A source close to PrettyLittleThing said that when bosses overheard that she knew Jude, an employee at the company contacted the newspaper.

'It was one of those rumours that grew legs and there doesn't seem to be an awful lot to it. But what was evident from the leak is that it got PrettyLittleThing a lot of publicity.

Dutch model Laura looked incredible in a frilly red dress from PrettyLittleThing, showcasing her svelte and tanned frame in the pretty snaps

Suspicion has been mounting over the nature of her relationship with Jude - if there even is one - with Laura's latest posts doing nothing to quash the speculation

'The story that Laura and Jude were dating went everywhere, and each time the story was repeated, PLT got a mention. It's quite clever, really.

'The world has been waiting for a glimpse of Laura but it doesn't look like that is going to happen, she seems to be doing her own thing in Paris and having a jolly old time, too.'

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'Bellingham has the potential to exceed Ronaldo and Messi in terms of marketability.' Wilson continued.

'If we had this conversation in ten years' time and Bellingham continues his trajectory with Real Madrid, then I think he will surpass Mbappe considerably.

'They are at the beginning of that journey; Mbappe would be more established than Bellingham as he has been around for a little bit longer, but the potential for both players would be significantly more than the transfer fee that you would need to sign either of them.

'Mbappe is worth more now than Bellingham, but the England midfielder has a degree more marketability about him and he is in the earlier part of his career as well.'