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Spurs Star officially in retrograde: Gareth Southgate names his England squad

By The Boy -

It could be said, that you know when your England career is over, when a player languishing in a Greek prison cell gets picked and you don’t. Obviously Harry Maguire is a defender and his temporary fall from grace won’t seriously impede his career, unless brawling becomes a routine thing, but either way…

Dele Alli has been overtaken by Phil Foden and Mason Mount, which must come as an indignity for Dele Alli who has all the razzmatazz of a big English talent, but instead of delivering the goods on the pitch, we are rather miserably faced with a variety of excuses as to why he was coming close but it didn’t quite happen.

I take a view that has been expressed by many others, including our old pal Gus Poyet on talkSPORT, namely that his concentration levels simply aren’t there. I don’t dislike this boy, but would happily be spared the finger tricks and endless off-field snaps of him living it up, saved for AFTER he’s made it as a Tottenham player.

Internationally Dele is no longer relevant, one can only wonder how long José Mourinho will give him.

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Leslie Crawford
Leslie Crawford
3 years ago
Reply to  MrChickenHead

He has had surgery on his hip and wasn’t fit enough,just signed another contract with Leicester.

MrChickenHead
MrChickenHead
3 years ago

No Maddison either.

CowSpurs
CowSpurs
3 years ago

Dele has been over taken by a bunch of youngsters who lack consistency, which shows how far he has fallen. No matter how his stats compare he doesn’t deserve to be in the England set up. It is ‘another’ make or break season for him. If it doesn’t work out for him this season it will time to move on, but we won’t get much for him.

Leslie Crawford
Leslie Crawford
3 years ago
Reply to  SpursGoliath

Very surprised Maguire has been included .

Leslie Crawford
Leslie Crawford
3 years ago

Dele PL p25 ,8 goals & 4 assists, Grealish. PL p36 ,8 goals & 6 assists Mount. PL p37 ,7 goals & 5 assists. His stats still compare well against two players who have been making the headlines. He will get his place back soon enough.He missed a lot of games with hamstring injury before suspension.

Marbella Spur
Marbella Spur
3 years ago

Sell but what’s he worth now post Covid-19 recession and his drop in form? He’s another player without the requisite character to continue to improve.

SpursGoliath
SpursGoliath
3 years ago

Mourinho got a tune out of him for three or so games in a row when he first arrived.

So it’s possible it could work out.

The racist tweet was very Dele and very silly billy. Has everything to do to earn trust from the manager, the coaches and the fans.

Tappaspur
Tappaspur
3 years ago

Sell sell sell.

Tappaspur
Tappaspur
3 years ago

Sell sell sell.

Leslie Crawford
Leslie Crawford
3 years ago

No place for the £80m valued loose cannon Grealish either. Are Trent,Walker and Tripps not all right backs who has he picked as Leftback. No Chilwell.

Eddie
Eddie
3 years ago

His only saving grace is we only paid 5M for him.I think even Levy could write that one down to experience.
His future is in his own hands,let’s see how long Mourinho puts up with his not turning up.

Tappaspur
Tappaspur
3 years ago

Marcus. Don’t worry son, you’ll be going to the world cup. Keep doing what your doing.

James McKevitt
James McKevitt
3 years ago

This is bound to hurt. If he knuckles down and listens to Mourinho he has the talent to be a very effective player for Spurs and England. It’s about working hard to express that talent, maybe getting this far is enough for Dele which would be sad but not unheard of. Plenty of young talent in the England squad but a lot of it unproven in the Premier League never mind with the weight of an England shirt on your back.

Cabspur
Cabspur
3 years ago

Will be pull his finger out?
Of his own ar se?
Find out over the next 4 months or Maureen will defo dump him.

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