'Dele must be devastated'published at 23:12 Greenwich Mean Time 1 February 2021
Don Hutchison
Ex-Liverpool midfielder on BBC Radio 5 Live
Dele Alli must be absolutely devastated. He must be watching the window close and thinking 'what happens to me for the next four months?'
I guess it’s a similar scenario to when Callum Hudson-Odoi was linked with Bayern Munich and Chelsea were too afraid to let him go because they probably knew he would go and rip it up.
Tottenham probably feel the same about Dele Alli if they let him go to PSG, he would probably go there and do really well.
For the player he must feel he’s in no man’s land, he must think 'the manager doesn’t want me at Spurs, I’m not getting anywhere near the first team, I’m not even making benches, I’m playing reserve team football, I’ve now got to wait until the end of the season to see if I can force through a move' because I don’t think Jose is going to change his mind.
He called Dele a terrible trainer – the only thing Dele can do is try to change the manager’s opinion – he must be the first one in training, the last one away, he must train hard.