The January window opens in a few days, which could see the end of Dele Alli’s time with Tottenham Hotspur. The midfielder is reportedly on the block for a departure, with Newcastle United being a possible destination.
During a segment on talkSPORT, Simon Jordan believes Alli heading to Newcastle would benefit all parties involved. Tottenham needs to proceed with its project under manager Antonio Conte and the 25-year-old needs a clean slate somewhere else.
“He’s a Newcastle signing for me,” Jordan said. “He’s a Newcastle January on loan signing. If you’re Dele Alli, you’ll have delusions of grandeur, but you’ll believe the memo that you’ve sent yourself because you’re probably president of your own fan club.”
Alli had a brief moment under former manager Nuno Espírito Santo, where it appeared as though he had found his past form, but it disappeared. Nonetheless, a possible move from north London is what Alli desperately needs, conveying that the player has squandered the last 2-3 years of his life.
“Maybe he can stop advertising clothes and get into the business of football and be good at what he was brought into Tottenham to do,” Jordan said. “He’s wasted 2-3 years of his life. Look at the player who played at the 2018 World Cup and all that went with that and where he is now, earnt all by himself.”
It will be interesting to see if it’s Newcastle or another Premier League club that decides to roll the dice on Alli or if perhaps there’s interest abroad. Paris Saint-Germain took an interest in the player in the past, but no move ever occurred.
I’d be surprised if Newcastle take him, they need committed professionals with a hunger to achieve, Dele does not fit that criteria, I don’t see many takers.
time is up Dele
Baffling the decline in Dele. My take for what it’s worth is that his brilliant form for Spurs and England didn’t last because it was built on shaky foundations.
He didn’t come through a major clubs academy and didn’t have the technical grounding that a big club can give.
I’m sure MK Dons did their best but he probably wasn’t rubbing shoulders with top coaches and surrounded by other very talented players.
Now he is a gifted player but a very off the cuff free spirit type. I think at his very best he was over achieving and playing up to and beyond the limits of his talents. It couldn’t last.
Add in his personal life and various business and off field distractions and the malaise of the end of the Poch era and Dele didn’t have the technical ability or desire to refashion his game for an era where the team ethic is dominant and the free spirit type player is not in much demand.
Did I miss the brief moment under Nuno where he appeared to have found his past form? One goal, a penalty against Wolves, and no assists under Nuno…He’s been a wage thief for the past 3 seasons, the sooner he’s binned the better!
I have looked at the vt and compiled a half a second montage of Dele’s best bits under Nuno. I would love to know where and when he found his best form under the Portuguese Mourinho! It must have been in a broom cupboard.
With all the stuff going on we here wasting time talking about Dele. Very original. How many ways can these knuckles heads talking about failure.