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Gilzeanking

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In a lot of positions there aren’t many PL players I’d currently take over ours.However there’s a very long list I’d currently take over dele.Which to me indicates he is immensely replaceable for the right price £125m +

Its true there seems to be a disconnect between how some clubs value Dele...and how he performs for us . A massive disconnect.

If someone genuinely will pay 125 mill we can use 25mill as a signing fee and advance wage top up ..and pay 100 mill transfer .
Its a risk with a 100 mill player of course , but playing Dele at the mo is risking our results .

I hear the 'He's only 21 ffs !' stuff , but how good was Messi at 21 ? George Best , Greaves..Ronaldo ..Owen ? Pele ?
Dele is talked about as if he's in this league of players . He isn't , but if another club believes it , it must be tempting for Levy
to cash in .

Yes , only 21 , but do we imagine this is a 21 year old like Kane or Bale absolutely busting a gut to improve his game ? This doesn't appear to be the case .

Hopefully Dele will turn this around and become a 125 mill player , but if not then it must be tempting for Levy to strike while the iron is hot .
 

nuttynoah

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Jul 21, 2004
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It all reminds me a bit of Beckham when his off field antics whether clothes, women etc were talked about as much as his performances. He needs to be brought back down to terra firma, sticking him on the bench for a few games would be a start.
What we lack in the squad is a Mabbutt or Perryman like character who could help keep him on the straight and narrow. Take him under their wing so to speak.
 

jurgen

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Jul 5, 2008
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Its true there seems to be a disconnect between how some clubs value Dele...and how he performs for us . A massive disconnect.

If someone genuinely will pay 125 mill we can use 25mill as a signing fee and advance wage top up ..and pay 100 mill transfer .
Its a risk with a 100 mill player of course
, but playing Dele at the mo is risking our results .

I hear the 'He's only 21 ffs !' stuff , but how good was Messi at 21 ? George Best , Greaves..Ronaldo ..Owen ? Pele ?
Dele is talked about as if he's in this league of players . He isn't , but if another club believes it , it must be tempting for Levy
to cash in .

Yes , only 21 , but do we imagine this is a 21 year old like Kane or Bale absolutely busting a gut to improve his game ? This doesn't appear to be the case .

Hopefully Dele will turn this around and become a 125 mill player , but if not then it must be tempting for Levy to strike while the iron is hot .

Never going to happen.
 

Nerine

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If a team came in and offered £90m for Dele Alli in January, but it meant we definitely got Barkley and a fully fit Lamela for the remainder of the season, I'd snap their hand off.
 

Bobbins

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May 5, 2005
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Its true there seems to be a disconnect between how some clubs value Dele...and how he performs for us . A massive disconnect.

If someone genuinely will pay 125 mill we can use 25mill as a signing fee and advance wage top up ..and pay 100 mill transfer .
Its a risk with a 100 mill player of course , but playing Dele at the mo is risking our results .

I hear the 'He's only 21 ffs !' stuff , but how good was Messi at 21 ? George Best , Greaves..Ronaldo ..Owen ? Pele ?
Dele is talked about as if he's in this league of players . He isn't , but if another club believes it , it must be tempting for Levy
to cash in .

Yes , only 21 , but do we imagine this is a 21 year old like Kane or Bale absolutely busting a gut to improve his game ? This doesn't appear to be the case .

Hopefully Dele will turn this around and become a 125 mill player , but if not then it must be tempting for Levy to strike while the iron is hot .

We’re not going to buy a player for £100m, not give them a £25m signing on fee :ROFLMAO:
 

eddiev14

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Its true there seems to be a disconnect between how some clubs value Dele...and how he performs for us . A massive disconnect.

If someone genuinely will pay 125 mill we can use 25mill as a signing fee and advance wage top up ..and pay 100 mill transfer .
Its a risk with a 100 mill player of course , but playing Dele at the mo is risking our results .

I hear the 'He's only 21 ffs !' stuff , but how good was Messi at 21 ? George Best , Greaves..Ronaldo ..Owen ? Pele ?
Dele is talked about as if he's in this league of players . He isn't , but if another club believes it , it must be tempting for Levy
to cash in .

Yes , only 21 , but do we imagine this is a 21 year old like Kane or Bale absolutely busting a gut to improve his game ? This doesn't appear to be the case .

Hopefully Dele will turn this around and become a 125 mill player , but if not then it must be tempting for Levy to strike while the iron is hot .

How good was Harry Kane at 21? Pretty sure he was being labelled Sherwood's pet, with most fans saying he'll never be good enough. He's in the World Class bracket now though, isn't he?

Looking at it, there's a big difference between how we, as a fanbase, treat Kane and how we treat Dele and I think it's based on the fact that Kane is a 'Spurs boy'.

They've both been so, so good for us these past two seasons and now Dele is in a bit of a sticky patch.

But because of things like his body language, his lifestyle away from football and the fact that he's not stated that he wants to stay with us for life, some people seem to almost be protecting themselves against the media narrative of 'he's going to leave' by reacting with 'fuck it, sell him, he's not that good anyway'.

I just think that's unnecessary and a total over reaction.

I largely ignore the stuff written in the papers as 99% of it is shit stirring nonsense, and that's not Dele's fault it's just some pricks trying to sell a rag or some advertising space. On the pitch, he's a young player who - to be fair to him - is probably due a period of poor form after two seasons of ridiculous performances, with stats rivalling the likes of Scholes, Lampard and Gerrard at his age.

So I'd rather just support him through this, and have him come out the other side a better player. It'll benefit Spurs more if we do that IMO.
 

spursfan77

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The player had an amazing season last year. I for one didn’t think he’d emulate it. As for people wanting to see him sold, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything so ridiculous. If he was on the market every team in world football would want him. I really do wonder sometimes.
 

spids

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Alli is in a lull in form for sure, and he played pretty badly against Arsenal. But ... he's a goal scoring machine from an advanced midfield position. Whoever said he has a first touch like Sissoko's has forgotten some of the immense skill he has shown repeatedly over the last two years .. the awesome cushioned control, flip over head and first time volley against Palace away? Or the on-the-run-chest-and-volley goal away at Everton? Or the slick nutmeg against Liverpool a few weeks ago? Alli is a top class player who will get better. He will score 20+ goals most seasons as a second striker / advanced midfielder. Talk of moving him on is ridiculous.
 

THFCSPURS19

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Jan 6, 2013
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Looooool. Was brilliant against Liverpool and Real Madrid and everyone was sucking him off. A bad game and now we should replace him with Barkley. Dele hasn't had a great season so far (similar situation at this point last season), but he's still scored 7 in 14 games and he's only 21. The guy got 35 goals and assists last season at such a young age and people think we could replace him with ease. Fml.
 

longtimespur

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Looooool. Was brilliant against Liverpool and Real Madrid and everyone was sucking him off. A bad game and now we should replace him with Barkley. Dele hasn't had a great season so far (similar situation at this point last season), but he's still scored 7 in 14 games and he's only 21. The guy got 35 goals and assists last season at such a young age and people think we could replace him with ease. Fml.


Reminds me of the Villa fans and their comments on Josh Onomah.
 

Gassin's finest

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A year on from the OP and we're pretty much saying the same things about Alli... He comes alive in the second half of the season.
 

shelfmonkey

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Its true there seems to be a disconnect between how some clubs value Dele...and how he performs for us . A massive disconnect.

If someone genuinely will pay 125 mill we can use 25mill as a signing fee and advance wage top up ..and pay 100 mill transfer .
Its a risk with a 100 mill player of course , but playing Dele at the mo is risking our results .

I hear the 'He's only 21 ffs !' stuff , but how good was Messi at 21 ? George Best , Greaves..Ronaldo ..Owen ? Pele ?
Dele is talked about as if he's in this league of players . He isn't , but if another club believes it , it must be tempting for Levy
to cash in .

Yes , only 21 , but do we imagine this is a 21 year old like Kane or Bale absolutely busting a gut to improve his game ? This doesn't appear to be the case .

Hopefully Dele will turn this around and become a 125 mill player , but if not then it must be tempting for Levy to strike while the iron is hot .

I would add that he obviously seems to think he's better than he actually is and that he's taken on Mendes as his agent, who has probably filled his head with a load of stuff about money and RM. His head is no longer with Spurs.

I'd get rid in the summer for a shit load of cash and try to get Pulisic.
 

Kiedis

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Some fans seem to only acknowledge the age of some of our younger players when it can be used to talk up a win, and not when looking at reasons as to why their performance levels may vary.
 

St José Dominguez

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Jul 15, 2014
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Its true there seems to be a disconnect between how some clubs value Dele...and how he performs for us . A massive disconnect.

If someone genuinely will pay 125 mill we can use 25mill as a signing fee and advance wage top up ..and pay 100 mill transfer .
Its a risk with a 100 mill player of course , but playing Dele at the mo is risking our results .

I hear the 'He's only 21 ffs !' stuff , but how good was Messi at 21 ? George Best , Greaves..Ronaldo ..Owen ? Pele ?
Dele is talked about as if he's in this league of players . He isn't , but if another club believes it , it must be tempting for Levy
to cash in .

Yes , only 21 , but do we imagine this is a 21 year old like Kane or Bale absolutely busting a gut to improve his game ? This doesn't appear to be the case .

Hopefully Dele will turn this around and become a 125 mill player , but if not then it must be tempting for Levy to strike while the iron is hot .

What kind of a weirdo is putting Dele up there with Messi, Ronaldo and Pelé? Personally I haven't heard anyone say anything like that. All I've heard is he's a fantastic young player who had an incredibly productive season last year and was rightly praised for it.
As if we'd give a player a £25m signing on fee too, people need to forget this idea we'd suddenly pay a replacement 250k a week let alone pay a 100m transfer fee. That above everything is why Dele would be pretty irreplaceable.

Love to know why you think it doesn't appear to be case that he'll ever improve? Do you watch him in training or something, genuinely puzzled how anyone could know that.
 
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