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๐จ๐ฎ Yan Diomandรฉโs letter to his sister through @PlayersTribune:
โDear Roxane,
Remember when someone bought me a fake United shirt, and I wrote โRonaldo 7โ on the back with a black Sharpie? We didnโt know what rich or poor was. We only knew happiness.
Remember the 25 people sleeping in just one house back in Abidjan? Mom wanted to watch her soap operas. Everyone wanted to watch movies. Remember how Iโd always pretend I was asleep and then sneak to the TV room after midnight? Iโd turn the TV way down low. Like, just two volume bars. Iโd watch soccer in the dark and dream.
Remember when the grown-ups saw me playing soccer on the dirt and gave me the nickname โRoberto Carlosโ because of how hard I kicked? And remember how I secretly got so mad about it, because CR7 was my idol?
Remember when I went to play so far from home? I was 9 years old. Inter Foot Sud Comoรฉ, way out near the border with Ghana. Just a little boy all alone. I donโt know if I ever told you this story, but me and the other kids used to go to the village and steal potatoes because we were so hungry. We called it a โbank heist.โ Two kids would distract the shop owner, and the other 18 would run off with two potatoes. They werenโt even good. But they tasted amazing. Hahahah. Even today, itโs my favorite thing to eat. Boiled potatoes with a little oil. It takes me back to those times.
Remember when I got my first real pair of cleats, and I slept with them? Growing up, I always played in those white plastic sandals. Even when I go back home now, I still play in them. Itโs our tradition.
Remember when Iโd come back home, and youโd tell my neighborhood friends: โWhyโd you stop training? Yanโs not gonna buy you cars. You gotta keep working.โ You were 10 years old, and you were already my agent.
Remember how weโd sit and dream about moving to France? How weโd go shopping, have our own apartment, and Iโd be a rich soccer player, with cars and a big house, and you wouldnโt have to worry about anything. You were the one who always believed I could be the next Cristiano, when everyone else was laughing.
Remember when I moved to the United States for high school, at 15 years old, and I missed home so much? For months, I couldnโt understand what anyone was saying. They sat me next to a French boy, and heโd try to translate everything the teacher said. Remember when I called you and said: โYou wonโt believe it, the kids here argue with the teachers.โ Back home, you know, we wouldnโt even dare blink at our elders.
Remember when I couldnโt believe the boys smoked after school? You used to say it felt like I was in an American TV show.
Remember when they took me for trials at Bournemouth? At Chelsea, Rangers, Olympiacos, Crystal Palace? Eze and Olise came up to me after a training session and said: โHey, kid, youโre really good.โโฆ but even then, they didnโt sign me.
Even the MLS B teams didnโt want me. I didnโt even know why. They never gave me a reason. The adults handled everything. They just kept taking me all over Europe, and everyone kept saying no.
My visa expired. My dream was over. They sent me back to Africa, and we cried together. You were the only one who never stopped believing. A few weeks later, I signed with Leganรฉs, and we cried different tears.
That was back when I still had emotions. Now, I donโt feel anything. Itโs like Iโm not even human. Since you died, Iโm just empty.โ

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