Dele Alli has finally opened up on his struggles as a footballer and his severed relationship with his biological father.
Former Tottenham Hotspur starlet, Dele Alli has finally revealed the status of his relationship with his birth parents, Soccernet.ng reports.
In an interview with Gary Neville on The Overlap, Alli, who has struggled to replicate the form and technical skill set he was once known for at Tottenham, explained his struggles, how he has gone to rehab to deal with the trauma he had to put up with as a child and his relationship with his Nigerian father.
The midfielder was born in England, to a Nigerian father, and an English mother, but he mentioned he didn’t have the best relationships with either parent growing up, as there were no “boundaries”.
From smoking at the age of seven to doing drugs at eight, Alli was sent to Nigeria to learn discipline by his mum, but that did not last long, as the culture change was too much for him to handle, and after just six months, he moved back to England.
The 27-year-old changed his jersey name from Alli to Dele in 2016, after revealing he had no connection to the name. He said;
“I had no rules. I didn’t…
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