- Jun 29, 2003
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Dele Alli paid special tribute to Mauricio Pochettino as he bid farewell to Tottenham after seven years at the club.
Source: Evening Standard
Source: Evening Standard
Was definitely an emotional watch. Also left feeling very disappointed and almost angry at the drop off in this lad. From being one of the first names in the England team sheet to not even making some match day squads for the club. To think at 21, he had more goal involvements than Gerrard, Lampard and Beckham combined and also more than Ronaldo!! The regression in recent years is just utterly baffling.Almost feel quite emotional watching that. The instinctive brilliance that he seems to have lost recently but gave us so much pleasure in his prime.
Hope he gets it back (not against us obviously) and goes on to fulfil his true potential, and finds peace and happiness off the pitch too.
I ultimately think he was a victim of the lack of squad investment, for him it was double edged sword where he was run into the ground and picked up muscular injuries that have robbed him of some of his fluidity of movement. It also meant his place in the side was never really challenged, and he lost his hunger to prove himself
Hope he can rediscover his hunger and love for the game, and be happy but I don’t think he will ever scale the heights of his first few seasons with us. He will always be a spurs legend for the brilliance of those halcyon days
He may just with Doucouré behind him...I think Dele felt the loss of Dembele more than others as it meant he had to pick up extra responsibilities on the defensive side and lost his freedom a bit.
Always got the feeling this led to a change in mindset for him where football went from being fun and playing with freedom to more of a tactically conscious ‘job’.
Would love to see him get some of that fun back again
Can’t agree more. Spot onAlmost feel quite emotional watching that. The instinctive brilliance that he seems to have lost recently but gave us so much pleasure in his prime.
Hope he gets it back (not against us obviously) and goes on to fulfil his true potential, and finds peace and happiness off the pitch too.
From what I read he was on £100k weekly and in any event that has nothing to do with his performance as a player. He has suffered a lack of confidence after a succession of hamstring injuries and this was exacerbated by the juvenile treatment he received from Jose Mourinho, the position in which he was made to play and some other players around him who were not up to scratch. At his best we had the best back four in the PL, Dembele and Wanyama in midfield and Eriksen providing creativity.At 20k per week, he was a good player
At 120k per week, he became a terrible player