World football system

The gentle morning light spilled through the half-drawn curtains, casting a soft glow over the nursery. Four tiny cribs were arranged in a perfect arc like they were crafted into the shape of a crescent moon. Each crib was customized, hand-painted with the names: Ava, Luna, Liam, and Thiago. The room smelled faintly of baby powder, eucalyptus oil, and freshly laundered cotton.

Tobi stood in the doorway, arms crossed loosely over his chest, wearing an old Arsenal training hoodie. He hadn't slept more than three hours in two days—but he didn't care. His eyes moved from one baby to the next, their delicate bodies rising and falling in perfect harmony. He smiled to himself. This was real. This was life. This was everything.

Behind him, Emilia appeared, barefoot and in one of his oversized tees, her hair bundled messily into a top knot. Her belly had finally receded, her frame slowly returning to normal, though she still moved with the cautious grace of a new mother.

"You've been standing there like a statue for ten minutes," she whispered, her arms sliding gently around his waist.

"I'm just making sure I'm not dreaming," he murmured back, resting his head against hers.

She leaned on his shoulder. "You're not. They're really ours. All four of them. You, me, and this little army."

Tobi chuckled, the sound low and tired. "I used to think football was pressure. But this…" He gestured to the room with his chin. "This is the Champions League Final every morning."

Emilia smiled. "Good thing you've already won two."

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Later that day, Tobi pulled into London Colney for light pre-season training. It was the first time in weeks that he stepped back onto the pitch. The scent of grass, the echo of boots on turf, the sharp whistle of the assistant coach—it all hit him like a wave of nostalgia and adrenaline.

Mikel Arteta greeted him with a firm handshake and a knowing look. "You've got that 'I'm surviving on two hours of sleep and sheer willpower' look."

Tobi grinned. "Quadruplets, coach."

Arteta blinked. "Excuse me?"

"Two girls, two boys. Emilia's a machine."

Arteta laughed, clapping him on the back. "We might have to sign your whole family at this point. Welcome back, papa."

Despite the lightness in the banter, the session was grueling. Tobi had been away long enough that even his muscle memory felt dusty. Each drill reminded him of the physicality he'd been missing. But he fought through it, pushing himself with the same silent, burning determination that once brought him from the Sporting CP academy to Arsenal's Champions League-winning side.

As the sun dipped lower, painting the horizon in amber hues, he sat on the bench beside Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Jesus.

"How's fatherhood treating you?" Saka asked, tossing him a protein shake.

Tobi caught it mid-air. "It's chaos. Beautiful chaos. I think I've changed more diapers in a week than matches I've played in a season."

Gabriel laughed. "Better get used to it, man. The twins alone nearly destroyed my routine. Four? You're brave."

Tobi smirked. "Or stupid. Still deciding."

The banter lifted him. It reminded him that while fatherhood was a new battlefield, football still pulsed in his veins. The hunger hadn't faded.

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That evening, back home, Emilia was seated on the bed, Ava and Luna sleeping in her lap, while Liam and Thiago rested beside her. Tobi entered quietly, kissed her on the forehead, and sat down beside her.

"Good session?" she asked.

He nodded. "Legs are screaming, but it felt good. Normal. Balanced."

She placed Ava gently in her crib. "You ever worry we won't have enough of us to go around for all of them?"

"All the time," Tobi admitted. "But then I think... they don't need perfect parents. They just need us. Present. Trying."

Emilia smiled softly and touched his cheek. "You're already more than that."

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Later that night, after everyone was fed, changed, and asleep, Tobi opened the small leather-bound notebook on his desk. Inside it, he had started jotting down moments. Baby milestones. Snippets of thoughts. Training notes. Strategies. Quotes from Arteta. It was his way of keeping balance—of ensuring both worlds, football and family, got the attention they deserved.

On the next empty page, he wrote:

Then he closed the book and glanced over his shoulder at the crib by the bed. Ava stirred and let out a tiny yawn.

Tobi smiled.

Life was louder, messier, and infinitely more meaningful.

And it was only just beginning.

Great! Here is Chapter 218 of your Tobi Oliveira football novel — written in read-along format, keeping everything aligned: Tobi is still at Arsenal, he's a father of quadruplets (Ava, Luna, Liam, and Thiago), married to Emilia, has won both the Champions League and English League, and this new arc focuses on family, legacy, and balancing football with fatherhood.

The early July sun bathed the London sky in soft amber hues, casting a golden glow through the curtains of the Oliveira residence. The house, though quiet from the outside, pulsed with a vibrant kind of chaos on the inside.

Tobi lay on his back in bed, half-awake, a small hand on his cheek. Liam was curled up like a little lion cub on Tobi's chest, snoring softly. On his other side, Ava had somehow wedged herself between Tobi and Emilia, her stuffed bunny hanging from one arm and her mouth parted in sleep.

Across the hallway, Luna and Thiago were already up—Thiago bouncing his tiny football against the wall despite Emilia's repeated reminders about the paint. Luna sat on the floor with her mini keyboard, playing random keys and humming an unrecognizable tune. It was a house alive with energy, life, and love.

Tobi smiled at the ceiling, gently brushing Liam's curls from his forehead. This was his world now. A father, a husband, a champion — still only twenty-five.

Emilia stirred beside him, murmuring, "You said you'd make breakfast today..."

He chuckled softly. "Did I? Must've been delirious."

"You promised," she murmured, eyes still shut.

Tobi carefully slid out from under Liam, replacing his chest with a pillow, and tiptoed out of the room. Ava's bunny dropped to the floor. He picked it up and tucked it back into her arms, smiling as she snuggled it tightly.

In the kitchen, he tied an apron around his waist. The "Super Dad" print on it made him chuckle every time. He cracked eggs into a bowl and got to work on pancakes. There was something grounding about domestic life, something pure. After all the lights, the cheers, and trophies… this was what made it all worth it.

Midway through whisking, Liam toddled in rubbing his eyes. "Papa, where's my ball?"

Tobi kneeled. "How about you help me cook first, then we go find it?"

Liam nodded solemnly, as if accepting a crucial tactical decision from the gaffer. Tobi handed him a small plastic whisk and they continued together, with more mess than progress, but laughter filled the kitchen.

—

That afternoon, Tobi arrived at Arsenal's training complex for their early preseason program. Mikel Arteta greeted him with a firm handshake and a rare grin.

"Morning, papa of four," Arteta teased.

Tobi smirked. "Careful, I've got years of sleep debt. That might make me dangerous."

The squad greeted him warmly—Martinelli, Saka, Odegaard, Ramsdale. The bond was tighter now. They had already lifted the Champions League and Premier League, but no one spoke like they were finished.

In the locker room, Liam's drawing — a family picture of stick figures with Tobi holding a giant football — was pinned inside his locker door. He touched it before pulling his kit on. It reminded him what he was playing for.

Preseason drills were light but purposeful. The intensity was building back slowly. Tobi looked sharp, as always — crisp first touches, pinpoint through balls, and bursts of pace that stunned even Gabriel.

Later that evening, Emilia came to pick him up, the kids strapped in the back of the SUV, all screaming "PAPA!" when they saw him.

"I'm starving," he said as he hopped in.

"I saved you three pancakes," Emilia replied.

"Three?" he raised a brow. "Out of how many?"

Emilia just grinned. "Ask your daughter."

Ava shouted from the backseat. "I eated seven!"

He laughed. "Of course you did."

—

That night, after the kids had been tucked in, Tobi and Emilia sat on the patio with a bottle of wine between them. The stars were scattered across the sky. She leaned against his shoulder, her head warm against him.

"You think we'll ever slow down?" she asked.

He looked at the glowing baby monitor beside them, then at the Champions League medal hanging on the wall through the glass door, and finally at her.

"Maybe," he said. "But not today."

Emilia smiled, threading her fingers through his.

"And tomorrow?" she asked.

Tobi kissed her hand. "Tomorrow, I'll score a screamer in training. And then cook dinner."

She raised an eyebrow. "What happened to breakfast?"

"Already burned it. New day, new goals."

They both laughed quietly, the sound of their joy blending with the calm of the London night.

And in that stillness, with four children asleep upstairs and a club counting on him for another year of greatness, Tobi Oliveira — the boy who had once lost everything — sat beside the love of his life, ready to face tomorrow with open arms.