El Ghazi misses Cardiff friendly to be with pregnant wife

Image source, Cardiff City FC

Erol Bulut revealed Anwar El Ghazi missed Cardiff City's 2-0 pre-season win at Bristol Rovers to be with his partner who is due to give birth.

The former Aston Villa winger sealed a switch to the Bluebirds at 00:01 BST on 1 August.

However, after attending Cardiff's 2-1 win over Reading in south Wales on Wednesday night, El Ghazi returned to the Netherlands to be with his partner.

"His wife is pregnant, they are expecting a baby. I hope everything will be OK," Bulut told 大象传媒 Sport Wales.

"He will be back, I think, on Monday to training and then we can start to work.

"He has trained on his own, but it's not the same as team training, so he needs a little bit (of time).

"We have to be patient with him."