Ex-Arsenal star sparks relationship rumours with Champions League hero after loved-up snaps
Rob Holding, who is currently frozen out of the Crystal Palace side, has sparked dating rumours after he shared a snap at the Blue Lagoon with a Champions League hero
Former Arsenal defender Rob Holding has sparked dating rumours with a Champions League star after sharing some holiday snaps.
Holding, who has been frozen out of the Crystal Palace side, took a trip to the cold north over the Christmas period as he shared snaps from the Icelandic capital, Reykjavik.
He then posted an Instagram story from the tourist hotspot the Blue Lagoon, where he can been seen cozying up to Iceland and Wolfsburg winger Sveindis Jane Jonsdottir – who also shared the picture, adding a heart emoji.
“Holdini I was not familiar with your game brother,” one fan joked. While a second said: “Up there as the most random relationship I’ve seen!”
“Major shock when I was casually watching my Insta stories and then boom,” a third posted. And another added: “This was not on my bingo card!”
Jonsdottir has been linked with a move to the Gunners in recent months, and she recently put in one of the all-time great Women’s Champions League performances – netting four for Wolfsburg in a 6-1 demolition job over Roma.
The 23-year-old was born and raised in Iceland to an Icelandic father and Ghanaian mother. Her uncle, Thorsteinn Bjarnason, has 28 caps for the Icelandic national team, playing between the sticks in the 1980s.
She came through the youth set-up at Keflavik; In 2020, she won the Icelandic championship with Breidablik, while also being named the player of the year and winning the golden boot.
Holding, meanwhile, made the switch from Arsenal to Palace on Transfer Deadline Day in 2023. “Rob is training individually at the moment,” Glasner said in September, when asked about the centre-back.
“We will talk together – he knows the reason. But it is something that stays between Rob and me. Nothing public.”
He has been named on the bench once this season, when he was an unused substitute against West Ham on August 24.
