FORMER Celtic player Scott Sinclair and Coronation Street star Helen Flanagan have welcomed their son after the actress gave birth on the footballer's 32nd birthday. 

The pair announced the arrival of the tot who has been named Charlie on Instagram yesterday. 

Sinclair, who played for the Hoops from 2016 to 2020, said: "I couldn’t ask for a better gift on my birthday, what a blessing!

"Welcome to the world son. Charlie Scott Sinclair 25/03/21."

The pair are already parents to daughters Matilda, 5, and Delilah, 3.

Their daughter Delilah was born in the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow when Sinclair played for Celtic. 

The couple previously resided in the city's West End before Sinclair left Celtic for Championship club Preston North End.