Everton's Amadou Onana has revealed how his daily routine changes during Ramadan, in a social media video made while on international duty with Belgium.
The holy month of Ramadan, a period of fasting and abstaining from things considered to be impure for the mind and body, began on Sunday March 11, and is set to end on Wednesday.
Having no food or drink between the hours of sunrise and sunset impacts on all Muslim people, but Everton midfielder Onana shared a 'day in the life' video of his experience whilst with the Belgium team during the international break.
Onana woke up at 4:23am to eat his pre-dawn meal of suhur, explaining: 'As you can see my alarm is pretty early.
'I'm struggling to get out of bed but it's time to get out of bed and get some food. Shout out to the chef for waking up and making the food, by the way.'
He prayed before returning to bed, waking up later in the morning to make an 11am training session, with a gym session too, which was jokingly interrupted by Jeremy Doku.
Onana joined his Belgium teammates at the lunch table 'just for vibes', and filmed himself jokingly messing around with a fork and no plate.
He added: 'As you can see, everyone is enjoying the food.
'I'm here, struggling on my own and people are eating in front of me... Nah, I'm joking, I'm joking. You've got to do what you've got to do. It's all love.'
He admitted he was 'struggling', and took a nap to pass some of his down time, before a photoshoot with Belgium's sponsors.
When he was 'feeling it' due to hunger, he read from the Quran until Iftar, the fast-breaking evening meal for Muslims in Ramadan, when he says he can 'finally eat', before relaxing in the evening with games alongside his Belgium teammates.
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