An England soccer fan has vanished while traveling to the US for the World Cup – with his anguished family fearing he may have gone missing during a layover in Spain.
Michael Hewitt, 65, last spoke with his family in Barcelona on June 21, one day after jetting out of the UK for the tournament, according to Leeds Live.
The diehard Leeds United fan was supposed to fly to Boston – where England played out a 0-0 draw against Ghana last Wednesday.
His family fears he didn’t reach the US after he left a bar in the Spanish city around midnight.
“He doesn’t seem to have made it to Boston, and our last contact with him was from Barcelona,” worried brother Mike Wakefield said about his sibling, who is affectionately known as “Little Mick.”
“Since then, his phone has been out of service and he hasn’t posted any updates on social media,” he said.
“As you can imagine, we are now very worried for his safety.”
Another of the missing fan’s brothers, Gary, said their one hope is that he made a last-minute change of plans without realizing the panic for him at home.
“It’s not beyond Mick to think ‘Well, I’ve missed the Ghana match, let’s fly to New Jersey,” where England faced Panama Saturday, Gary told the BBC.
“It’s so worrying, and we feel so helpless being potentially thousands of miles away.”
The British Foreign Office and Interpol both have active missing person cases seeking info on him.
“We are supporting the family of a British man reported missing in Spain and are in contact with the local authorities,” a Foreign Office spokesperson told The Post.
