Forward of Shakhtar and the Ukrainian national team Daniil Sikan signed an official contract with the Turkish Trabzonspor, causing a violent reaction from local fans. The cause of the wild stir was the name of the football player.

Now the fans of Trabzonspor will follow the speeches of the Ukrainian with particular interest, because his surname in Turkish has a very ambiguous association.

Sikan from Turkish is translated as the verb " As the Zorya Londonsk Telegram channel noted, the nickname of Sikan - Sik (Latin " Sik translates as "

It is not surprising that some fans, journalists and even club representatives hastened to clarify the football player himself how to pronounce his last name correctly. Daniil calmly confirmed that his surname is Sikan, and in the teams he was often called Sik or Sika.

A crowd of Turkish fans gathers under each news with Sikan who practiced wit.

Commenting on his transition, a 23-year-old native of Zhytomyr admitted that he was sad to leave the Donetsk Shakhtar, the colors of which he defended for four seasons.