Wag, the first footie publication in Britain, has predicted that Jack Grealish and Sasha Attwood will ascend to the thrones of football.
Suzi Walker compares Sasha to a youthful Victoria Beckham because she exudes the quintessential E-Type Wag qualities: “Outstanding beauty, sophistication, and affluence.”
The first British footie Sasha Attwood, the fiancée of Jack Grealish, is likened to Victoria Beckham by Wag.Instagram/SaSHA ATTWOOD is credited.
Suzi Walker, who spent thirteen years married to former England and Spurs goalkeeper Ian Walker, asserts that Sasha embodies the quintessential E-Type Wag attributes.
However, Suzi, who was previously wed to Tottenhams and England goalkeeper Ian Walker for thirteen years, had a cautionary message for the £100 million Manchester City star and his model companion regarding the capricious nature of life in the public eye.
“One moment they treat you like Pele, and the next they treat you like you play for Peckham Town,” she stated.
Suzi continued in an interview with The Sun on Sunday: “There is no reason why Jack and Sasha cannot become the new monarch and queen of football if they are able to maintain their composure.
“Sasha is absolutely stunning, and Jack, with his headband and cheeky expression, is also quite attractive. “He has everything going for him, and the two of them have the whole shebang: extraordinary good looks, sophistication, and expensive taste.”At the beginning of our relationship, Ian was a recentcomer who resembled Jack Grealish in appearance.
“I perceive parallels, just as I perceive parallels with Beckham.” It could be due to the limp hair.
“One-half of me wishes them the best of success, while the other half believes they are gullible into something they are not prepared to endure. “Becoming a couple of football superstars is an insane journey.”
The individuals have maintained sporadic romantic relationships ever since their adolescence in Solihull, West Midlands. Online clothes giant BooHoo this week handed 25-year-old Sasha a major deal to promote the fashion brand after it signed up Jack, 26, in June.
The Sun described the couple as Sash and Jacks this week, stating that they possess every opportunity to attain the same level of fame as the Beckhams.
Suzi’s turbulent Wag career began in the mid-1990s, when her childhood love Ian was inducted into the Spurs and the two began to be photographed on red carpets.
Today Suzi, 50, lifts the lid on her experiences of the Wag world — including the cliquey nature of the England major tournament bubble, being shunned because Ian played badly and how the Leicester City’s players’ lounge was once the most hostile to visit.
In 1994, while Ian was playing for Tottenham and she was an aspiring model, she debuted on the scene. “While football did not captivate my attention, I found great pleasure in conversing with fellow Wags in the players’ lounges,” she explained. It was an immensely glamorous existence filled with an abundance of handbags, jewelry, and glamour, all of which I desperately desired at the time.
“However, everything went awry when Ian was called into the England squad.” While we were pretty well known, the absolute king and queen of the scene were David and Victoria. All individuals aspired earnestly to attain acceptance into their exclusive circle.
It was an immensely glamorous existence filled with an abundance of handbags, jewelry, and glamour, all of which I desperately desired at the time.
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“Victoria and I got on well, so we were invited to loads of parties at Beckingham Palace. Their home was exquisite, and their gatherings were extraordinarily opulent. You’d spend all day getting ready, choosing your best dress and getting your hair, nails and make-up done.
“We went to Brooklyn’s naming party and loads of murder mystery events and had lots of evening dinners too during the international tournaments like the Euros in Portugal in 2004.
“Victoria was really down to earth and good fun, although all the other Wags got very competitive about getting an invite.”
But it wasn’t always champagne, long lunches and days in the salon. If a Wag’s husband had a bad game or was dropped from the England squad or their club side, life very quickly became much harder. Suzi said: “When that happens, you’re straight out of the loop, and only one or two of the wives have ever contacted me since.”
“I remember Ian once let a shot bounce over him in an England match, which they lost, and one of the other wives came over to me and said, ‘We would have won if it wasn’t for your husband’. I was gobsmacked, as I would never say things like that to anyone. Most of the wives were nice, but you did get a bit of bitchiness.
“If a new player joined, I’d always make an effort to welcome their partner, like I did with Dennis Wise’s wife when he joined Leicester, but not everyone was as friendly.” And she claimed: “When I was there, Robbie Savage’s wife didn’t say hello or acknowledge me. Not even in the toilets. Because of the atmosphere, Leicester was always a player’s lounge that girls wanted to avoid but I remember Spurs being the friendliest. They were always so lovely there.”
It’s tough living in that sort of spotlight.
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Suzi, who divorced Ian in 2007 and married bank trader Mark Pitman three years ago, said one of the stand-out moments for her was going to Portugal with the other Wags while Ian played for England in Euro 2004.
She said: “It was a great bonding experience. We went out to Italy before as a group to get to know each other then got really close in Portugal, spending the days by the pool in our fancy bikinis or having spa treatments and massages and shopping, all marshalled by Victoria Beckham.
“She was definitely in charge then. Coleen Rooney was there but was just a kid. She was so innocent and young when I first met her. She was still a teenager and has this lovely Liverpool accent. I got on really well with Joe Cole’s wife Carly when we were there. One thing I remember was how it could become quite cliquey.
“Sometimes you had to wait to find out if you’d been invited to dinner. If you hadn’t had a message by 5pm it meant you hadn’t.” But Suzi’s advice to Sasha and Jack is to enjoy the high life while they’re riding the crest of the wave — as it can all come crashing down.
She said: “It’s fun when you are their age, with lots of lovely homes and lovely cars and holidays. But it’s tough living in that sort of spotlight. You’re always worried as a Wag that someone even prettier will come along at any moment, so all I’d say to Sasha is, ‘Be yourself, be kind — don’t be ruthless and don’t get ideas above your station’.
“I hope Jack’s got good people around him or they’ve got no chance. But Jack and Sasha seem very much in love and a sweet couple so I hope they stay together. But only time will tell.
“Maybe there will be a wedding in a couple of years. If not, we’ll all be back here talking about where it all went wrong. Good luck to them.”
Below, Suzie rates how some other star Wags and players stack up . . .
Here Sasha Attwood watches on as Manchester City unveil new signing Jack Grealish to fans at Etihad Stadium on August 9, 2021Credit: Getty
Suzi says of the pair, here pictured in 2014, ‘Jack and Sasha seem very much in love and a sweet couple so I hope they stay together. But only time will tell’