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Everton star Mykolenko makes same heartbreaking phone call daily to parents to make sure they’re still alive in Ukraine
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Everton star Mykolenko makes same heartbreaking phone call daily to parents to make sure they’re still alive in Ukraine

Everton star Mykolenko makes same heartbreaking phone call daily to parents to make sure they’re still alive in Ukraine
Source: The Sun
Published: Feb, 11 2025 17:58

EVERTON star Vitaliy Mykolenko has opened up on the heartbreaking daily phone call he makes to his parents back in Ukraine. The full-back, 25, is set to be in action in the final Merseyside derby at Goodison Park on Wednesday night. Before the game he will check in with his parents, as he does every morning. Mykolenko's dad, Sergei, and mum, Olesia, still live at their family home near Kyiv in war-torn Ukraine.

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