Dele Alli, a midfielder for Everton and England, agreed to an interview request from Gary Neville for Overlap on July 13, 2023.
The former Tottenham Hotspur player disclosed that at the age of six, he had experienced sexual abuse, and at the age of eight, he began trafficking narcotics.
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“Twelve, I was adopted and from then, it was like – I was adopted by an amazing family like I said, I couldn’t have asked for better people to do what they’d done for me. If God created people, it was them,” Dele told Overlap.
According to a family member who spoke exclusively with OJBSPORT, he said Dele Alli was never adopted.
“Dele was never adopted by anyone. At age seven, Dele attended one of the best schools in Lagos, Nigeria. He was never sent to Africa for discipline. That’s a blatant lie. He had a driver that picked him daily from school.
“We have all the documents and pictures of Dele with his dad from when he was born as a kid. Dele has been brainwashed,” said the family member.
Born in Milton Keynes, England on the 11 of April 1996. Dele’s mom, Denise Alli had two daughters – Barbara and Becky – from her previous relationship before meeting Dele’s dad – Kenny Alli. They broke up three years after Dele was born.
Kenny is a tech engineer. He met Denise Alli in a nightclub in the UK during his academic days. He got his Master’s degree at De Montfort University. After his academics, Kenny returned to Nigeria with Dele at age seven.
“We went to the UK from Nigeria with academic qualifications. We had to struggle, and I can tell you we are one of the pacesetters in IT in the UK. After finishing his Master’s, Kenny returned to Lagos.
“Kenny used to take Dele everywhere in Nigeria. We worked very hard to be who we are today. Nobody took him to Nigeria as punishment,” the family member revealed.
