Breaking news from the Evening Standard, who suggest that Dele Alli will not feature in this afternoon’s big London Derby against West Ham. Why not? I suggest the reasons are pretty obvious, José Mourinho is still waiting for the little chat they had on the All or Nothing documentary to sink in, and we have another match on Thursday night, against LASK, in the Europa League.
Not getting a place in today’s game will certainly grind Dele’s gears and that’s nothing shy of good news. The boy needs to be motivated, and with Giovani Lo Celso out, then this puts Dele behind virtually every other Tottenham midfielder, even Gedson Fernandes. I did warn readers a few weeks ago that I felt that Dele’s humiliation was not quite complete.
IF the 24-year-old is to be selected for the Europa game, it goes without saying that it is imperative he make an impact.