Papa's got a brand new tattoo: Vidal ink tribute to son

Posted Saturday, August 20, 2016 by Goal.com

Bayern Munich and Chile midfielder Arturo Vidal has new ink. This time, an insulin pump in tribute to diabetes-suffering son, Alonso.

While Arturo Vidal is known for his tattoo fixation and distinct style off the pitch, less focus is centered on his philanthropy.

The Chilean midfielder married those two facets via social media, unveiling his new tattoo, of an insulin pump.

Freshly inked next to a tattoo of his champion racehorse, naturally named Il Campione, the Bayern Munich star got the insulin pump body art as a tribute to his son, Alonso, who suffers from Type 1 diabetes.

The photo with his son was posted on Twitter along with a plea to Chilean president, Michelle Bachelet, calling for greater accessibility to insulin pumps for youths with Type 1 diabetes, as part of the AUGE healthcare plan.

AUGE, translating to Universal Access with Explicit Guarantees, was implemented in 2013, with the goal to ease access to adequate healthcare for Chile’s disadvantaged.

In 2015, to make amends for crashing his Ferrari while under the influence of alcohol, Vidal notably donated all of his Copa America winnings to charity.

With Bayern set to begin their Bundesliga title defense at home to Werder Bremen on Aug. 26, Vidal found his name on the score sheet in the 5-0 of Carl Zeiss Jena in the DFB Pokal on Friday.