EPL ace 'left childhood sweetheart when she's pregnant & is paying £1,280/month'

A millionaire Premier League footballer has been accused of leaving his childhood sweetheart when she was pregnant and paying her only £1,200 per month in maintenance.

The unnamed star, who played for his country at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, is said to have initially denied being the father of his child before starting to hand over cash after a DNA test proved the baby was his.

While his ex-partner was struggling for money, he was pictured on glamorous holidays partying with other women, according to reports.

The pair began dating as teenagers but she is now believed to have applied for a non-molestation order saying he must 'not use or threaten violence against her'.

A court has ordered the player to make £1,280 monthly payments to support his ex-partner and her child, but this has been described as a 'paltry sum'.

The Mirror quoted a friend of woman as saying: 'It’s been terrible for her - at first he denied the baby was his and then he ditched her while she was pregnant.

'He tried to get her to have an abortion and then, when she wouldn’t, he left her. She was skint for months.

'At the same time he was seeing at least one other woman. He only started paying for his child when a DNA test proved he was the dad - by then the baby was eight months old.'

The mother sought help from her local MP, who is said to have written to the Department for Work and Pensions.

The politician accused the footballer of having 'initially denied paternity', 'delayed DNA testing', provided 'confusing name information' to the testers and had not been 'co-operative in supplying his true income figure'.

A court ordered the monthly payments, but the friend added: 'It’s a paltry sum , isn’t it? He earns that in a day. It doesn’t even cover childcare.

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