New Love Island star Jess White has revealed her surprise encounter with a Manchester United legend. The retail manager is set to head into the Love Island villa for the latest series of the ITV2 dating show. Before going into the villa, Jess has shared an insight into her life at home in the UK.

She works in an affluent suburb in Cheshire at a Marks & Spencer supermarket. Jess has revealed the football icon she once spotted browsing the aisles. The 25-year-old shared: “I did think 'maybe this is where I'll meet my future husband' but I feel like work uniform doesn't really go hand in hand with meeting a footballer.

" She cheekily added: "But I had Wayne Rooney in the other day...

it's not doing well for him, the old age. I was shocked." She is hoping to find love on the ITV2 show and revealed to The Mirror that her mum took her shopping for seductive lingerie to boost her chances of finding love in the villa.

Jess admitted: “My mum said I needed to get some sexy underwear as mine wasn’t great, so we went shopping. It was wild. Who does that with their mum?! She was saying, ‘That’s a showstopper, that’s the one.

That’s a Hideaway outfit’.” Amazon products to give your bedroom a luxury makeover on a budget Jess is appearing on this year's Love Island ( Image: Ian Hippolyte/ITV/Love Island/REX/Shutterstock) She hit out at Wayne Rooney's appearance ( Image: Getty Images for Disney+) Jess is looking for a strong man who won’t give her an easy life, saying her p.