Kozhikode : 

Back home at Kondotty, Sulaikha M P could hardly contain her happiness as husband Anas Edathodika ended up on Delhi Dynamo’s roaster for `41 lakh at the 2015 Indian Super League (ISL) players auction in Mumbai on Friday. “I am really happy for my husband. It is truly a wonderful moment for the entire family. We have not celebrated the news, but there is immense joy and happiness in family. Anas’ parents are equally happy,” Sulaikha told Express.

Not a big fan of football, Sulaikha, who married the Dynamo’s midfielder four years ago, could not really comprehend the magnitude of his feat, but believes Anas has done something that makes the entire state proud.

“I don’t watch much of football. Neither do my parents. But we all are just happy for him. We know he loves football more than anything else. No one in the family has believed he would reach this far,” she says.

Meanwhile, his father Muhammed Kutty says his son loved football so much that he worked so hard to become a footballer. “His life was just dedicated to football. He is reaping the result of his efforts,” says his father.

“I haven’t seen him play much. But I never missed a chance when I get one. There were times I even cautioned him against playing for fear of getting injured. I have seen him injured many a time. That is the only time we have had anything against him playing,” says Muhammed. His mother Khadeeja does not know football, but is glad that something good has happened to her son. “This will give him a lot of money, a security in life. Any mother seeing her child growing in career will be happy. So am I,” says Khadeeja.

source: http://www.newindianexpress.com / The New Indian Express / Home> States> Kerala / July 11th, 2015