How can we define the concept of hometown and identity in a world where globalisation has blurred borders or where wars and poverty have forced entire ethnic groups to settle thousands of miles away from their nation? Surely this is a complex issue that should be better explored in geopolitical magazines. In a sports magazine, we can try to analyse how to shape the personality and identity of our target audience, those we admire and follow with passion: the footballers who create personal and peculiar narratives within the macro-narrative that is football. Among these stories, some exemplify how elements of the country of origin and the landscape in which one grew up, 5,000 km apart as the crow flies, can coexist in one personality. Trevoh Chalobah is one of these stories. The new protagonist of More Than is a Londoner born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, who has built an unconventional football personality on this axis between religion, fashion, the traditions of his hometown and those of the great defenders in the history of English football.

“Yeah, I was, I was born in Sierra Leone but moved here quite early to start a new life in London because, you know, there are opportunities in London when you come here, whether that's school, whether that's work and obviously I started school here as well and ended up going into football.” A story of common integration that Chalobah shares with us in a north London loft. A phase that preceded the one in which he was able to bring together all his cultural references to create his own dimension, in which the style and energy of south-east London played a role: “And as I said, with London, the lifestyle, the city itself is one of the greatest in the world. Growing up to be a Southeast London boy, it was all about style football and, yeah, just to have that cool look.”