Dele Alli

With Dele Alli set to leave the Premier League to move to Turkey at the age of just 26, Daily Star Sport looks at nine of the biggest wasted talents in the ...

Spells with Newcastle United and Bolton Wanderers in the top flight followed but Bridges soon dropped back into the Football League. Bentley also had similar prowess from free-kicks and had starred for Blackburn Rovers when he made his England debut in 2007. Describing Morrison in his 2015 autobiography, Sir Alex Ferguson said: "He possessed as much natural talent as any youngster we ever signed, but kept getting into trouble. However, his output soon began to decline and he fell out of favour with both Spurs and England. he could have been a fantastic player. However, less than a year later he was sold to West Hamm where he would show flashes of his enormous talent, before embarking on a nomadic career which has included stints in Italy, Mexico, Sweden, the Netherlands and the USA. Unable to bounce back after the injury lay-off and after falling out of love with the game, Bentley ultimately retired in 2013 at the age of 28. A move to Everton in January has failed to re-ignite his career and he is now set to head to Turkey after starting just one match for the Toffees. He struggled to maintain the consistency he had shown in the second tier, though, scoring just seven goals and adding 10 assists for a struggling QPR across two stints in the top flight. After his initial loan was made permanent in the summer of 2010, Taarabt's flair and creativity helped fire QPR to promotion to the Premier League. His time at Chelsea would then come to an infamous end after he tested positive for cocaine in September 2004 and had his contract ripped up by the club. He was named PFA Young Player of the Year in both of his first two years at Spurs and was part of England's squad for back-to-back major tournaments.

The former England international could complete a loan switch with a view to a permanent deal.

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Jose Mourinho's pep talk to Dele Alli during their time at Tottenham has gone viral after the English midfielder was linked with a move to Besiktas.

Meanwhile, Alli's failure to match the high expectations once placed on him has also been picked up by social media critics, with one saying 'he’s nothing but a woulda shoulda coulda. I want to tell you that I think you will regret. In the clip, Mourinho told Alli: 'I am 56 now, and yesterday, yesterday, I was 20. 'You should demand more from you. Not me demanding more from you. In no time.

Delle Alli has been linked with a move to Turkish club Besiktas and what a shame it will be if the player who is just 26 leaves the Premier League for the ...

Both loan or permanent are being considered, Everton are leaving it for the player to decide. But Alli has not played for the Three Lions since 2019. However, when the Argentine was sacked in November 2019 things started to go wrong for Alli. He has so far made 13 appearances in total for the Toffees, without scoring or making an assist. He went on to play 88 times for the club, scoring 24 goals before joining Tottenham Hotspur. Besiktas want to sign Dele Alli on loan from Everton.

Jose Mourinho gave Dele Alli a very honest warning about 'demanding more from himself,' whilst the pair were at Tottenham Hotspur, and with Dele on the ...

You should demand more from yourself." "I am not expecting you to be the man of the match every game. One day I think you will regret it if you don't reach what you can reach," the manager said. I am not expecting you to score goals every game. "Nobody else. "I am 56 now and yesterday I was 20.

The Turkish club are eager to complete a deal by the end of the week and it is understood the Toffees will consider letting Alli leave in the final two ...

It's not the ideal move but it's one where hopefully he can reignite his career and get going again.' This is another chance for him to get his career going. He can't keep looking at everyone else. Then he finds himself at Everton, hasn't really worked out for him there, he's not playing. 'And then, for whatever reason, it looked like he fell out of love for the game. [talkSPORT](https://twitter.com/talkSPORT/status/1559829962106060801), Redknapp said: 'He's been at Tottenham where he was a huge success as a young man.

Dele Alli joined Everton during the January transfer window but, according reports, could be on the move to Besiktas.

If you're not going to succeed under Frank Lampard, who your game is probably based on, it's not a good sign is it?" But if you do play there, it’s a fantastic place to play. It’s a difficult place to play. It’s a sad story, it really is." Should he be going to Besiktas a 26? "I'm really sad that Dele Alli is going to the Turkish league.

Dele Alli is on the verge of joining Turkish Super Lig side Besiktas - a conversation between him and Jose Mourinho seems even more poignant now.

“I am not expecting you to be the Man-of-the-Match every game. I am not expecting you to score goals every game. That is what makes the difference between a top, top player and a player with top potential. But I always felt that you had ups and downs. I saw you do incredible things in incredible matches. “I don’t know if it is to do with your lifestyle – if in one period you were an amazing professional but in another period you felt you had become a party boy.

The brutal comment from Mourinho features in the Amazon 'All or Nothing: Tottenham Hotspur' documentary, which gave a fascinating insight into how the ...

"I am not expecting you to be the man of the match every game. You should demand more from yourself." [The 26-year old is now reportedly close to moving to Turkish giants Besiktas](https://www.sportbible.com/football/dele-alli-everton-transfer-latest-20220816) in what could be loan or permanent deal. "You should demand more from yourself. That is what makes the difference between a top, top player and a player with top potential. Mourinho continued: "I am 56 now and yesterday I was 20. I am not expecting you to score goals every game. But I always felt that you had ups and downs. One day I think you will regret it if you don't reach what you can reach. "Sir Alex Ferguson gave me only one bit of advice in two and a half years: Buy Dele Alli. I saw you do incredible things in incredible matches. Alli, having put his hand up, couldn't help but crack a smile.

Dele Alli is closing in on an Everton exit less than seven months after signing for the club with Besiktas making a move for the attacking midfielder.

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Rangers legend Ally McCoist would love to see Dele Alli at Ibrox instead of watching the midfielder waste his career at Besiktas.Alli has made just 13.

Free Bets are paid as Bet Credits and are available for use upon settlement of qualifying bets. Bet £10 & Get £50 in Free Bets for new customers at bet365. “It’s not easy, don’t think for a minute it’s easy. Free Bets available upon settlement of the qualifying bet. “I’m really sad that Dele Alli is going to the Turkish league. Asked if he would take him at Rangers, he said: “All day, man.

With Everton midfielder Dele Alli in talks to sign for Besiktas, a video has emerged of Jose Mourinho warning the player about career regrets while they ...

I think you should demand more from you." "You should demand more from you. I want to tell you that I think you will regret.

The 26-year-old signed a two-and-a-half-year contract on deadline day but has failed to reignite his career at Goodison Park in a struggling side.

Manager Frank Lampard is understood to be a big admirer of the 21-year-old and does not want to part with him even though the Stamford Bridge club are expected to return with an improved offer. As part of the structured nature of the deal with Spurs for Alli, Everton, who had to sell Richarlison to Tottenham for £60million in the summer to offset Premier League profit and sustainability concerns, agreed to pay £10m once he had featured in 20 games. Dele Alli’s frustrating short spell at Everton looks to be coming to an end after the club agreed a deal to loan him to Besiktas with a view to a permanent move.

The 26-year-old has started just once in 13 appearances since a last-minute move from Tottenham in January.

Manager Frank Lampard is understood to be a big admirer of the 21-year-old and does not want to part with him even though the Stamford Bridge club are expected to return with an improved offer. Dele Alli’s frustrating short spell at Everton looks to be coming to an end after the club agreed a deal to loan him to Besiktas with a view to a permanent move. The 26-year-old signed a two-and-a-half-year contract on deadline day but has failed to reignite his career at Goodison Park in a struggling side which only just avoided relegation in their penultimate match of last season.

Dele Allis frustrating short spell at Everton looks to be coming to an end after the club agreed a deal to loan him to Besiktas with a view to a permanent ...

The Senegal international, who turns 33 next month, is surplus to requirements at Paris Saint-Germain but negotiations to bring him back to Goodison Park after his departure in 2019 have dragged on for some time. The 26-year-old signed a two-and-a-half-year contract on deadline day but has failed to reignite his career at Goodison Park in a struggling side which only just avoided relegation in their penultimate match of last season. Lampard is closing in on his fifth summer signing with the return of midfielder Idrissa Gueye almost complete.

Dele Alli's frustrating short spell at Everton looks to be coming to an end after the club agreed a deal to loan him to Besiktas with a view to a permanent ...

"I'm very excited to sign for West Ham," Kehrer said on the club website. "My biggest goal now is to get into the team, integrate myself within the group and enjoy playing for West Ham." "This is the best league in the world and I'm excited about coming to play in the Premier League."

Roma coach Jose Mourinho has gone viral in England after a clip from Tottenham Hotspur's All or Nothing series showed his man-management skills in action.

[Tammy Abraham](https://football-italia.net/player/tammy-abraham/), always pushing him to do more and reach his full potential. [Dele Alli](https://football-italia.net/player/dele-alli/) about his career path and life off the field too. [Roma](/teams/roma) coach Jose Mourinho has gone viral in England after a clip from Tottenham Hotspur’s All or Nothing series showed his man-management skills in action.

Dele Alli has emerged as a top target for Besiktas, with the Turkish club reportedly on the verge of signing the 25-year-old this month, initially on loan.

That 25% cut to Spurs will be an Administration Fee that I would be more than happy to pay, if that means we can re-invest Dele's 6 Digits Salary on someone else. Many aren't that passionate about it, just doing what they're good at to get paid. Lampard is willing to be a big brother with his arms on your shoulders, but only if you show him that you are willing to go through the walls for him and the team (see Messrs. Given his talent and how crap our squad is/was, probably isn't difficult to put two and two together. It's not a case of him not being given a run in the team. Mourinho told the world 2 years ago that he doesn't apply himself in training and that that mirrors itself in games. I really can't see us being able to turn a profit on the player and end up paying nothing to Spurs. If we loan him with an obligation to buy, our only outlay will have been his wages to date and we will have presumably receive a fee from Besiktas at the end of his loan. If he heads off to Turkey, it would suggest that he sees his career only going one way and he'll spend a few years chasing the money and then retire. Note: the following content is not moderated or vetted by the site owners at the time of submission. Waste of a promising career for reasons unknown, but I'd wish him well just on the basis of his Palace cameo. However, after Sam Wallace of The Telegraph reported that Besiktas would be prepared to pay €8m for Dele in a permanent deal now, it appears as though a compromise of a season-long loan with an option to buy for €7m has been reached.

It's looking ever more likely that Dele Alli will be joining Besiktas from Everton, after just eight months at the club. If somebody told you this five ...

I like you as a player and I like you as a kid, I think you are a nice kid. Inside of you, maybe you tell me to fu*k off, but I have to tell you exactly what I think. Time flies and I think one day, I think you will regret if you don't reach what you can reach. I just want to tell that I think you will regret. "So I have to tell you always what I think. I think you feel I like you.

Dele Alli seems likely to leave Everton for Besiktas at the end of an experiment that didn't work with a player who remains stuck in a rut.

It may be that the Dele who lit up the Spurs and England teams not so long ago has gone forever. But for all the likely talk of the Super Lig being a ‘farmer’s league’, it is highly competitive, as the recent travails of the ‘Big Three’ have demonstrated. Dele needs to find himself a place out of the critical English spotlight and rediscover the mojo that made him such an enticing prospect just four or five years ago. Of course, the question he now faces is that of whether moving to Turkey will revive his career or if it will end up looking like just another marker of his decline. Those days appear to now be very firmly in the past and it is telling that Everton seem happy enough with him leaving. His goal for Spurs at Wolves a year ago was his first since before the pandemic lockdowns started, and his decline as a player has been nothing if not comprehensively documented.

According to stats from Transfermarkt, he scored 18 goals and provided 9 assists in 37 Premier League appearances for Tottenham Hotspur in the 2016/17 season.

Bringing him in would be a big risk for either Celtic or the Rangers, considering how he has done nothing of note over the past several years. In recent years, Alli has completely lost his way and seems to be on the fringes of an Everton team, that are relegation contenders. And at 26 years of age, there is still time to turn his career around. He had taken the top flight by storm as a teenager, and had a few extraordinary seasons when on top of his game. There have been a lot of conflicting reports in the media, with some rumours even claiming that the Hoops have already submitted an offer to bring him in on loan. There is very little doubt about the kind of talent that Alli is.

Dele Alli has completely flopped at Everton, and may have to move to Turkey to try and revive his career, but Jose Mourinho expected this to happen after ...

The Portuguese boss continued as he added: "Why you have in your career these little ups and downs, I don’t know if it had to do with your lifestyle. "It’s something that you don’t have to share with me, something that you just have to analyse yourself to realise why my career is being… "I saw you do incredible matches and incredible things, but I always felt that you had ups and downs. Everton are yet to pay a penny to Tottenham, and Frank Lampard has only given the midfielder one Premier League start as Alli's career in England looks to be all but over. But Alli's form began to dip shortly after Pochettino left the club, and despite a slight resurgence under Mourinho, he struggled to reach the high standards that had been set by the youngster. Alli was once the golden boy in the Premier League, arriving for a bargain £5million from MK Dons, and the midfielder could do no wrong during his first three seasons under Mauricio Pochettino.

Dele Alli looks set to join Turkish Super Lig side Besiktas in the coming days after a total agreement was reached with Everton for the former England ...

You should demand more from yourself." "I am not expecting you to be the man of the match every game. I am not expecting you to score goals every game. "Nobody else. One day I think you will regret it if you don't reach what you can reach. Mourinho said: "I am 56 now and yesterday I was 20.

Dele Alli looks set to join Besiktas - but he could have joined Liverpool if Steven Gerrard hadn't been asleep.

He won the PFA Young Player of the Year in those two seasons – and was named in the PFA Team of Year on both occasions. “I spent a couple of hours in a hotel room with him and he wanted to come to Liverpool. “The manager of MK Dons actually drove him down to us. It’s a question we’ll never have an answer for. “At the time when I was at MK there was contact with Liverpool before I signed for Tottenham, but that was before we’d even spoke to Tottenham,” However, he was unable to meet his idol as he was sleeping at the time.

The former Tottenham and England midfielder started just once under Frank Lampard and is now set for a potential move to Turkey.

But I don’t feel sorry for him if he doesn’t look at himself in the mirror. Jose starts to leave him out, the next manager (Nuno Espirito Santo) comes in and he doesn’t really fancy him, (Antonio) Conte decides to let him go. He’s made 13 appearances, one start for Frank, and he’s already allowing him to move on. And fellow ex-Spurs man Bent has told Alli to ‘look in the mirror’, adding that the midfielder ‘caused’ his own downfall. He had a real impact when Jose first came in (to Tottenham), but then after that there’s not much more productivity. Alli signed a two-and-a-half year contract at Goodison Park on deadline day in January, but has made just 13 appearances and one start for Frank Lampard’s side since.