'That's What We Call Passion': Man City's Least Paid Player Chose Training Over Child-Birth
As the footballer was in England for the pre-season training camp, he was not able to see his wife - Vlada Zinchenko at the time of her delivery. Although, he shared an adorable picture. Take a look.
Manchester: The Premier League season 2021-22 is just around the corner. The first match of this season is set to be played on 14 August 2021. Manchester City's midfielder, Oleksandr Zinchenko has given birth to a newborn baby. As the footballer was in England for the pre-season training camp, he was not able to see his wife - Vlada Zinchenko - at the time of her delivery. As per reports, the 24-year old is on a permanent deal but only at 20k Euros per week, which is quite low as per the European football market standards.
Vlada was in Ukraine where she gave birth to a baby. Unfortunately for the footballer, he was not able to see his new-born as he was busy in his practice session with Manchester City. Zinchesnko shared an adorable picture where he is seen talking on a video-call with wife Vlada post her delivery.
Zinchenko missed his child's birth to play a preseason friendly against Blackpool, give him a statue immediately https://t.co/sti1NVOZYv
— Baldiola (@TeacherOfBall) August 3, 2021
Take a look at the Instagram post by the Manchester City midfielder:
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In the image, we can see that the 24-year old Man City footballer was in tears looking at the newborn via a video-call.
Zinchenko's wife, Vlada also posted with the newborn baby.
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Zinchenko joined Manchester City in 2016 and he was part of Pep Guardiola's earliest Man City side. He went on a loan deal to PSV in 2017-18 season but returned back in 2018. He is currently on a deal with Manchester City till 2024. Man City will play their first 2021-22 game on 15 August 2021 against Tottenham.