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00:00Oh, there we go. Kevin Ogenetega, Tamar Ebi, Bakumo, Abraham. Did I say it right? Marvellous.

00:11Thank you, sir.

00:12You're joining the Italian club with most UCL titles. How does it feel?

00:17It's a dream come true. It's an honour.

00:20Yes!

00:23You have to close your eyes and try to imagine your first goal with AC Milan.

00:30First touch of the ball. Goal. Win the game 1-0.

00:35Tammy Abraham, welcome to AC Milan. Today we're going to have this interview in a particular way.

00:51We'll be playing table football. And when I score, I will ask you an off-the-pitch question.

00:56If you score, and if you manage to score, I will ask you an on-the-pitch question.

01:01You ready?

01:02I'm ready.

01:03Ready to break the ice?

01:04Always ready.

01:09Let's go.

01:15There we go. Own goal.

01:18Just looking at your Instagram posts, we see a lot of references to God, to the Bible.

01:24What role does religion play in your life?

01:27It's a massive role. I think God, for me, I'm no one without Him. We're no one without Him.

01:33Even before I arrived here, I prayed every day to make sure something could happen for me.

01:40I couldn't be more thankful that I've arrived at such a great club. It's thanks to God.

01:45You know very well how to win Champions League, and right now you're joining the Italian club with most UCL titles. How does it feel?

02:01It's a dream come true. It's an honour. I grew up as a kid watching this fantastic club with the great legends.

02:09I've played against Milan a few times and I'm so happy to be on their side.

02:25I should know that you're a striker and that's why I should pay attention.

02:29Let's talk about idols. Do you have any idols?

02:34I did. Growing up, my family, my dad at the back, they were big Arsenal fans.

02:39I grew up watching a lot of Arsenal games and Thierry Henry was my idol.

02:45He's the one that made me want to be a striker.

02:48Until today, I still copy some of the things he does.

02:51There are so many great players like R9, great strikers like Didier Trogba, who I was lucky enough to watch every week.

03:01There have been so many great strikers and it's a privilege.

03:05Many of the great strikers have played for this club and it's nice for me to follow in their footsteps.

03:10Besides the football world, do you have any idols, any inspiration or role model?

03:15I would just say my parents, my mum and dad. They've both inspired me throughout my life.

03:22They've kept me focused, they've kept me and my brother and sister focused on achieving our goals.

03:29Let's get the ball, let's go.

03:49I see a long one. It's something about family.

03:53Because you're off the pitch, life has definitely changed since you became a dad.

03:57What kind of father do you want to be for Amari?

04:00And what's the best thing you'd love to hear from me regarding you when you'll be an adult?

04:07The most important thing for me as a father is just to be there for him.

04:12To show up for him, to help him, to hopefully guide him to becoming a man that he will become.

04:19I'm always here to support his dreams.

04:22How my parents were with me, supporting my dreams.

04:26I'll be the same with him, whatever he wants to be. Hopefully a footballer and hopefully a striker too.

04:31Whatever he wants to be in life, I'll always be there to support him and watch him grow from young to old.

04:38Talking about your girlfriend Lia, we know that you've known each other for a long time.

04:44It's been a long way. You're a footballer, you moved to other clubs.

04:48What do you appreciate about her in your life?

04:51I can speak for hours, but she's a girl who's always been with friends before we became partners.

04:59She's always been there through the good and through the bad times.

05:02Through moving from a boy to a man, she's been there to support me.

05:07She's always had my back, she's always given me wise words.

05:11She's a wonderful mother, so I thank her for being with me as my career has gone on.

05:16We're all excited to see this next chapter in my life.

05:22There we go!

05:26So let's talk about something that we were talking about also before.

05:29What can you tell us about the relationship you have with your family and with your brother Timmy, who's a striker too?

05:36I mean, did they immediately, your parents, agree with your strong will to become a footballer?

05:41I think they figured out when we broke every equipment in the house.

05:46Every day, me and my brother, we were kicking balls against the wall, against the lights, and we broke many lights.

05:52So from then, I think they knew what we wanted to be.

05:56It took my brother a little while.

05:58I started from young, but my brother was interested in cars and different things.

06:02Eventually, he started to like football.

06:04We were a football household.

06:06Every weekend, we were watching football together.

06:08So from there, even my sister, she probably watched his football.

06:13It's nice for everyone to be together and to love one thing.

06:23Bingo!

06:24You told me he wasn't good at this game.

06:26Can we check the goal?

06:27I'm not sure it counted.

06:29What's wrong with it?

06:31What did you notice?

06:33Something happened to my defender.

06:35Oh, OK.

06:36We can check it.

06:39What kind of boy were you when you were a child?

06:42And in what aspects do you feel more mature right now?

06:47I think as a boy, I was always motivated.

06:50That's one thing I can say about myself.

06:52I knew what I wanted to do.

06:54I knew what I wanted to be.

06:56And I believed in myself ever since.

06:58When I started playing football, I didn't know what I wanted to do.

07:02I didn't know what I wanted to do.

07:04And I believed in myself ever since.

07:07That's one thing, if I could go back and talk to my younger self,

07:10I would say, well done.

07:12Throughout your whole life, you always believed in yourself.

07:15Even when people stopped believing in you, you believed in you.

07:19I wouldn't say quiet.

07:21I loved to talk.

07:24I loved to make jokes with people and have fun.

07:28I feel like life is about having fun and life is to live.

07:32For me, I was always someone who liked to live life.

07:37And now, I'm still the same.

07:39I'm just a little older.

07:40I always want to have fun in life.

07:41I always want to be happy.

07:43And do the thing I love the most.

07:51Oh no.

07:52There we go.

07:53We will talk about Fik Tomori.

07:55What should you tell us that we don't know about Oluwafikai,

07:59Oluwadamilola Tomori?

08:01Good pronunciation.

08:02Fikai is another one I can speak for hours on.

08:06I've known him since the age of six years old.

08:09We've grown up together.

08:10We've experienced many different things in life together.

08:13We've watched each other grow up.

08:15We've always been there.

08:17Our families have always been close.

08:18Just to see each other grow up and break into the first team

08:23and play in the Premier League and both come to Serie A

08:27and now play for the same club.

08:30It's a dream.

08:32Just to see how we've grown.

08:34Again, you stay long.

08:40Good.

08:41We will be here for hours.

08:43No!

08:46No.

08:47See?

08:48I can't believe it.

08:49There we go.

08:50My turn again.

08:51Okay.

08:52We were talking about pronunciation before.

08:54Oh no.

08:55And I made it again.

08:56Oh no.

08:58Tamarebi Bakumo Abraham.

09:01Did I say it right?

09:02Marvellous.

09:03Wow.

09:04Thank you, sir.

09:05Wow.

09:06You have Nigerian origins, of course.

09:08Like Fikai Otomori has.

09:10Have you ever had the chance to discover more about that

09:13and also to visit Nigeria?

09:15I have.

09:16I have a few friends.

09:17Not a few.

09:18Almost a lot of my friends are Nigerian.

09:21It's nice to share the culture.

09:23I grew up in an area where there were a lot of Nigerians also.

09:26So I grew up with the culture.

09:28I've been back there a few times when I was younger.

09:32It will be nice to visit again soon.

09:34My mum is always making Nigerian food also.

09:37So it's nice to catch up and listen to the music

09:40and just enjoy your culture.

09:42Let's go.

09:43You still have a chance.

09:45Yes, yes.

09:54Yes, yes.

09:56Finally.

09:58You have already played, of course, at the San Siro.

10:01What kind of feeling did you have when you played there

10:04and you also scored twice at the San Siro against AC Milan?

10:09It's a stadium, you know.

10:11You have goosebumps when you walk out the tunnel.

10:13You hear the music, you hear the fans.

10:15You look around you and it's…

10:18Like I said, it's just goosebumps.

10:20I grew up as a kid watching so many great players play at the stadium

10:24and to play there, to score there, was a beautiful feeling.

10:27And now, you know, it's time to score for this great club.

10:30You had to close your eyes

10:33and try to imagine your first goal with AC Milan.

10:37Can you describe it to us?

10:39That was big.

10:42Let your imagination go.

10:45If I had to say a first goal which would send everyone crazy,

10:51I think it would be in the derby game against Inter.

10:57First touch of the ball, goal.

11:00Win the game 1-0.

11:03Then I party with the fans after.

11:06That's probably the dream for me.

11:09To win the derby and to score.

11:11The last question I have is something that had an impact in your life.

11:16Because anytime you look at that scar on your knee, what do you think?

11:21I think in life people go through many different situations.

11:24Mine was my injury.

11:26Some people go through different struggles

11:29and it can affect them differently.

11:31For me, it was hard.

11:34I would be lying if I said it wasn't hard.

11:36I cried so many times.

11:39The pain.

11:42Thinking how long you could be out of the game for.

11:44Sitting down, watching games.

11:46You cannot do anything about it.

11:49But a lot that helped me was my son.

11:52I got to be at home with him.

11:54I got to watch him grow up.

11:56I kept doing it for him.

11:58I told myself I have to do it for him.

12:01I have to be back.

12:03I have to come back stronger.

12:05I have to show the world that I'm back and I'm better.

12:08I'm so happy I have this opportunity for this great club.

12:11To show myself and show everyone

12:14that injuries and trauma cannot keep me down.

12:17I'll come back up.

12:18You're back and you're with us.

12:21Welcome.

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