Mike Thalassitis has signed up to the new series of ‘Celebs Go Dating’.
The ‘Love Island’ star – who earned himself the nickname ‘Muggy Mike’ while taking part in the dating show over the summer – has asked to take part in the forthcoming instalment, which will hit screens next year, as he continues his quest for love.
A source told The Sun Online: "Mike’s keen to put his love life in the hands of the professionals. He has no shortage of interest from women but he’s hoping the show will help him find something serious."
The 24-year-old footballer’s new television gigs comes after it was reported that he was in talks with ‘I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ bosses about taking part in the new series, which will kick off this weekend, but they later shot down the rumours.
A source said recently: "We accept that some of the stars of ‘Love Island’ have now become celebrities thanks to the show – but they’re not for us.
"Viewers have only just recently seen them for seven weeks in a reality show – they’d add nothing new to our show."
Meanwhile, although he’s signed up to find love, it wasn’t that long ago that Mike was romantically linked to Caroline Flack after they met when she was presenting ‘Love Island’.
The hunk took to his Instagram after the show wrapped up in the summer to share a picture of himself cosying up to the presenter.
On the Stories section of social media site, he shared the picture and added the caption: "Who really won Love Island (sic)" .
Caroline, 37 – who previously dated One Direction’s Harry Styles – and Mike met up at the programme’s reunion show.
Mike Thalassitis signs up to Celebs Go Dating
