Never mind that Jose Mourinho has left Dele Alli behind in London as the rest of the boys flew out for Europa League football, I’d be more interested in Dele retweeting a post that showed a future Tottenham dream XI, that DIDN’T include him.
Clearly this is the 24-year-old’s digital version of hurling a water bottle of a boot on the floor. It’s rare to see such displays from professional sportsmen, normally they exchange benign messages to teammates. Dele might feel that he’s running out of options – and I believe he’d be right.
Mourinho is precisely what the doctor ordered, and after being publicly branded as ‘lazy’, as well as being dumped by Gareth Southgate, Alli would be right to think that he’d lose his Spurs’ starting place to Bale.
While Dele’s gone backwards, Spurs appear to be finally marching on!