Jeremy Doku has been SLAMMED for his decision to leave the Belgium World Cup camp to attend the birth of his first child.
🗣️ “You have the chance to compete in a World Cup, it’s an extraordinary joy. Hundreds of players would kill to be in your shoes. Maybe this opportunity will never come again in your life and you’re going to drop all of this to watch your child being born?”
🗣”It’s a moment when the father serves no purpose. He only plays the role of an extra. You hold the mother’s hand and take a photo. The baby will still be there afterward.”
🗣 “Maybe some guys took out loans or sacrificed everything to be able to be there (at the World Cup), and YOU WON’T BECAUSE OF AN UMBILICAL CORD.”
The expectation is that his wife Shireen will give birth in the second week of July in Europe, a period when the World Cup will already be in the quarterfinals stage.