MilesĀ Jide Olatunji was born on April 13th, 1998, in Whittington Hospital located just a short ten minute journey from the home he grew up in. Heād be the only child between his parents Amrika and Ajani: growing up in a small, government-owned apartment in Tufnell Park. It went without saying that Miles had started off with a very pleasant life. He was definitely more of a mommaās boy which hurt him more when sheād be diagnosed with breast cancer when he was six. The cancer rapidly took her from Miles and by the time he was seven, she passed away. However, Miles wasnāt given the time to properly grieve the loss of his mother as his father had always had different plans for him.Ā
Heād be four years old when his father enrolled him into football, showing promise from that young of an age. Ajani saw the opportunity for his son to make it big: to be a professional football player that would make their family a vast amount of worth. So, even after the death of Milesās mother, Ajani enrolled Miles into their local teamās training academy - Arsenal FC. The training academy is where Miles would spend years of his life in. The older he got, the more skillful he became. He really was impressing his coaches by the time he reached teenhood and was part of the starting eleven for every squad he played in. Under 10s, Under 14s, Under 16s - he did it all. His last major achievement was being main striker of the Under 21s squad - only one team away from possibly starting in the biggest football league in the world: the Premier League.Ā
He really though heād make it too, until one foul game against rivals Chelsea FC changed the path of Milesās life forever. Tackled to the ground, heād take his first major injury and would end up being his last. Heād torn his ACL and ligaments in his knee - making it impossible for him to control it in a high-intensity atmosphere like the football pitch. Just before his 22nd birthday, Miles would be forced to leave Arsenal FC for good. Of course, heād felt his life was over. Everything heād worked towards had now all been for nothing: his father hadnāt allowed him to think of anything else besides football. You would have thought Ajani had been injured himself when the news had broken about the true extent of Milesās injuries. With their relationship having grown to be non-existent over the last few years, this broke them down completely. For a whole year after leaving his childhood dream behind, Miles had never felt more alone. His father ignoring him, no mother to comfort him, and his long-term girlfriend who had broken up with him just to add salt to the wound - Miles was a mess.Ā
His motherās brother, Ronnie, had become aware of his nephewās downward spiral. Having known exactly what Ajani was like, he knew he had to get Miles out of London as quickly as he could. They spoke frequently about Miles coming to visit him and his younger cousin in Barton Point: a small little town where people came for fresh starts. When Ronnie had suggested he moved here, Miles thought it was out of question: having been a London boy his entire life. However, being alone and surrounded with the constant images of football had become too much to bare. Heād move to Barton Point at the end of the 2021 summer season: in search of a new life thanks to his football savings. Now living in his own apartment, he landed a job coaching to the high schoolās āsoccerā team. Miles has found it difficult to go from player to mentor at such a young age. To the point now where even though heās trying to make a life change, he feels himself spiraling more than ever. Drinking and popping the odd pill whenever he can, Miles is truly lost in the grieve of what he couldāve been and prays everyday that heāll figure all of this out. Someday.
Miles had always been the cocky, popular type of guy growing up. His skills in football earned him a sea of male friends as well as the attention of any female he desired. Sure, he very much views himself to be a kind and nice person, but he also loves being the center of the attention: for good or for worse. Because of his past, Miles has only now just started to realise how arrogant and ignorant heād been to the real stuff around him. Some people would say heās stubborn and was in need of humbling. Miles doesnāt necessarily disagree but he also thinks heās got the natural qualities of humour, friendliness, and good looks.Ā
Despite this, Miles has also developed into a very hard-working and loyal person. To the people who are currently in his life, heāll defend them til his death. With the constant effort (and years), heās also extremely hard-working at whatever he puts his mind to. Sure, heās definitely been on a wobbly path the last year, but he tries his best to remain stoic in the face of the public eye. However, that stoic mask is starting to crack around him. Because of this, heās taken up partying a lot more and all in all just drinking in general. If youāre on a night-out in Barton Point, youāll most likely see Miles one way or another.Ā
Miles has his uncle Ronnie and cousin Luca who he lives not too far away from. Besides that, any connection types of Miles are open! Please message me either here or on discord if you wanna plot <3Ā
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