That mutual help was mandatory throughout their teenage years when their mother and father, who’ve at all times backed their soccer goals, divorced.
Whereas dwelling with their father they have been pressured to make use of their initiative on the streets of Freetown to make ends meet.
“Issues have been exhausting for us at some factors,” Alusine stated.
“My brother and I made a decision to do one thing simply to outlive whereas going to high school.
“We have been fetching water, placing it into jerrycans and promoting it to individuals in our group. We have been additionally going round gathering used [scrap] iron and bought it.”
In keeping with Alhassan, their bond has been key to their soccer careers – which have been largely spent collectively till Alhassan moved to a Qatari membership final 12 months.
“We love one another a lot that we by no means needed to be separated,” he defined.
“When a Spanish membership, Actual Balompedica Linense, needed to signal me in 2019 I advised them that I’d solely settle for their provide on the situation that additionally they signed my twin brother.
“They advised me to signal the contract and guaranteed me that my brother would be a part of me in Spain a number of months later – which he did.”
Key moments of their careers have been shared, with the brothers making their first senior appearances, top-flight bows and worldwide debuts in the identical video games.
Years of taking part in collectively has cast an innate understanding on the pitch.
“I can learn his thoughts and he can learn mine,” insisted Alusine.
“When I’ve the ball my brother is aware of what I’ll do with it and what he ought to do, so the primary particular person I look out for to present a cross is him.
“We’re protecting of one another too. When one is fouled by an opponent the opposite will get involved.
“We’ve been preventing for one another since childhood and the pitch shouldn’t be an exception.”