Former Mexico international Marco Fabian and ex-Netherlands star Ryan Babel are among the five contestants in Peacock’s new reality dating show, “Love Undercover.”
According to Peacock, the show “is a modern-day fairytale meets buddy comedy about an elite group of international soccer stars who come to the United States on a secret quest for true love.”
The secret in question revolves around the players’ true identities. As the trailer demonstrates, the stars of the show are instructed to keep their profession under wraps in order to see if the ladies involved will love them simply for who they are.
“They don’t know we are famous, they don’t know we are rich,” Fabian says.
Exactly how rich and famous the five contestants are may vary. Fabian, Babel and ex-Tottenham defender Jamie O’Hara had long careers at the highest levels of the game.
The other two? Sebastián Fassi is a goalkeeper who has mostly bounced around the lower divisions in Mexico and Spain, while Lloyd Jones has spent his career in England’s third and fourth divisions. He is currently a member of League One’s Charlton.
Nevertheless, the drama promises to be ever-present as the five soccer players attempt to find love among a group of 18 women.
“I think girls in the past have gone for me because of what I’ve got,” O’Hara says in the trailer before Fassi adds: “That’s why we’re going undercover.”
“Love Undercover” premieres May 9 on Peacock.
Watch the “Love Undercover” trailer
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