Apologists for Dele Alli are frequently thick on the ground, but this clip of the now 24-year-old’s involvement against Real Madrid in the Champions League back in 2017 made me wonder what version of Dele Alli have we actually been watching in recent seasons?
With a passing accuracy of 94%, this was a performance that Dele Alli has never quite lived up to.
Dele Alli’s xG against Real Madrid was .67%, his current average is has deteriorated to .23%.
Sure, there have been injuries, but there have also been a tonne of distractions.
Perhaps we should put up missing posters in N17?