A Premier League player has revealed he's having a baby with a rival star's sister.
Brighton beat Burnley 2-0 on Saturday, with Georginio Rutter and Yasin Ayari getting on the score-sheet.
Ayari doubled his side's lead with a lovely finish inside the box and grabbed the ball from the back of the net for his celebration.
As he wheeled away in celebration, Ayari stuffed the ball under his shirt and sucked his thumb, signalling that he is due to become a father.
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A day after his goal, Ayari took to Instagram to share a post confirming the baby news.
"Our family is growing, 2026," he wrote, accompanied with two images of his pregnant partner, including one of him kissing her bump.
His partner happens to be Sandra Kulusevska, who is the older sister of Tottenham winger Dejan Kulusevski.
Ayari and Sandra, who is now based in Brighton, have been engaged since May 2024.
Brighton midfielder Ayari, 22, and Kulusevski, 25, are Sweden teammates.
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Ayari has earned 17 international caps after making his debut in 2023, while Kulusevski has 45 international appearances to his name.
Naturally, Sandra, 29, has ties with Brighton through Ayari but she was seen on the Spurs pitch with her niece, Kulusevski's daughter Leonie, at the end of the season for the family and friends' lap of appreciation.
Kulusevski, who joined Spurs from Juventus, credits his sister for his move to the Premier League.
"I had barely started a game at Juventus for six months," he told The Players' Tribune. "You feel terrible, because you’ve given your life to play this game, training as hard as you can, and you end up watching players play in your position that are not even wingers.
"Honestly, I felt embarrassed, even worthless. Some people began saying that I wasn’t good enough, that I was too slow. And it affects you, 100%. It’s normal, it’s human. When you begin to believe them, that’s the devil right there.
"I should have shut out the noise, because the only critic I respect is my older sister, Sandra. And she is brutal. Even when I’m scoring, she’ll be like, 'You’ve lost it. You don’t have the hunger. You’re too comfortable'.
"And I want to explode. I’m like, 'YOU DON’T RESPECT ME. YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT I’VE PUT INTO THIS GAME'.
"But Sandra is telling the truth. She has seen me play since I was a kid, and when something is bothering me, she can tell. When I was struggling at Juve, she said, 'Deki, when did you become weak?'
"I knew I had to get away."
Topics: Premier League, Football, Tottenham Hotspur, Brighton And Hove Albion
Nasir Jabbar