Cyle Larin is a family man.
Having just turned 30, Larin is excited to be a father again with his third child and he couldn't be happier: "I enjoy taking care of my daughters and seeing them every day after training,” said Larin. “Bringing another one into this world is very special for me and my family. I think I want a boy after this one. But we'll see when the time comes.
"Honestly, after training, my life is usually with my daughters. We take them to a park or to play outside, to classes.... a lot of things, but always involving them. My family is happy here. It's very peaceful, good for the girls, good for the family."
"The work I do is to support them, to see them grow up and to be with them every day of my life. I give them everything just to see them smile and to be with them as they grow up.”
30 years, six goals, 43 points and seven matchdays
Larin has celebrated a second birthday at RCD Mallorca and discussed what went through his mind as he blew out the candles. "My wish? I think I want to keep pushing myself and be better every day, and obviously in the games as well. To keep striving to improve, to score more goals. And for the team to keep pushing to get as high as possible."
His goal against Real Sociedad, his sixth so far this season, opened the scoring for a very important win for Mallorca, but our forward is aware that the past, even if it is immediate, is not what you live for: "Scoring gives me happiness for a short period, but you have to stay focused because you have another game and people won't remember the goal you scored last week, they'll remember the next game. So you have to be focused and ready for the next one."
But what the fan does talk about is his dance with Johan Mojica, ‘a good friend’ of the Canadian in the dressing room. Larin admits that the Colombian challenged him to do it if he scored. And so it happened. "He [Mojica] is very charismatic, he plays with joy, he plays like he's on the street and enjoys football. I was a bit nervous, but he gave me the joy to do it [the celebration] with him," he said.
With seven games to go and 43 points in the bag, the Canadian is confident in his team's performance: "We have to stay focused, fight every game like we did against Real Sociedad and the results will come. The team is ready to keep pushing and giving everything". And above all, he is clear that success depends on the union between fans and players: "We need the fans to keep pushing us forward. To be at the top, we need everyone. That's the most important thing: whether you're doing well or not, you always have to be with the team. And I think we're going to make it."
