Who is Scott van der Sluis?: Here's what we know about the Love Island series 10 contestant

Love Island's 2023 series 10 contestant Scott van der Sluis has made quite an impression on the islanders for being one of the most interesting bombshells in the villa. The footballer-turned-bombshell is the new talk of the Love Island villa for many reasons. Year after year, Love Island promises its fans a whole lot of drama, entertainment, and fun as single bombshells spend their long summer days trying to find love.

And Sluis is no different from the rest of the ITV series cast members.

Here's what we know about Scott van der Sluis, his football career, his league matches, and how he's doing in the Love Island villa.

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Who is Scott van der Sluis?

Ousman See is not the only footballer on this series. Scott van der Sluis is also a footballer, who is also a Love Island bombshell. He is 22 years of age and is from North Wales. Like the other islanders of this day and age, Scott is ready to break away from his old football-filled life and career and find love in his days in the villa. Being one of the youngest goalkeepers in the Welsh team, it is said that the footballer from Ireland is set to leave his old life behind and embrace a new one in the ITV series. As of 2022, he was playing for the League of Ireland Premium Division club Shelbourne. And he delivered some iconic performances in Shelbourne and even renewed his Shelbourne contract for 2023.

He was picked at the age of 8 to play for Manchester United and spent a couple of years in the Liverpool academy, given that he was a Liverpool fan all his life. Fans can vouch for his skills in front of the net, despite not currently playing for big clubs such as United or Liverpool. His track record as an athlete and soccer player reveals to be promising as he has made news through the years, even as a new player.

Being a Welsh National Team football star, he is world famous for his energy and banter, which his club has seen before. This year, the Ireland-based football star is ready to settle down after 3 and a half years of being single, as he finds his person in the long drawn-out summer in the villa. After years of traveling with his club, and participating in a league or two often, he has revealed his interest in starting a family.

Over time, Sluis's Instagram following has shot up like a rocket, given that the viewers are in full support of him. His Instagram family currently stands at almost 60K and he does post often about his career in soccer.

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His time in the Love Island villa

Scott van der Sluis is off to a rocky start in the villawith his island family. Despite the news of the cast members turning against Sluis, he is revealed to be happy in his pursuit of finding the one. Fans of the ITV show have even said that the Wales star is making news for being bullied by the others in the series. This has left a grey area in where the show ends, and where bullying and harassment start. Scott is allegedly being left with a lot of bullying, which is diminishing his self-worth, and his image in front of the whole world watching the show.

Each day on the island reveals a different mode of bullying in the name of entertainment, as Sluis has many a post by fans on Instagram supporting him as his worth in the eyes of his cast mates are going down.

Sources used:

- The Sun: 'Love Island fans work out 'real reason' villa has turned on Scott'

- Radio Times: 'Who is Scott van der Sluis? Meet the Love Island 2023 contestant and footballer'

- Instagram