Alli’s got a wrong sense of betrayal

IN his evidence to an independent disciplinary committee, Dele Alli said he felt ‘betrayed’. And he sure was. Betrayed by his own naivety. Naivety at best, stupidity at worst.

Alli has been given a one-match ban for posting a video (below) on Snapchat, which appeared to mock an Asian man over coronavirus.

An FA statement said: “The player explained he had, in his words, been ‘betrayed’ by someone on his Snapchat group and the post had been given to the media.”

One day someone is going to explain to professional footballers that pressing ‘send’ to a social media site, no matter how restricted the numbers in your group are, is the same as pressing ‘publish’.

At least that is the way they have to look at it.

For this indiscretion, which was immature more than anything, a one-match suspension seems a little harsh. Surely a large donation to a coronavirus charity might have been more appropriate.

Alli has been a little harshly treated, but only has himself to blame – not the so-called mate who turned him over.

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Considering they spent a billion pounds on it and have lost an Anthony Joshua blockbuster, NFL games, the football and it is lying unused just a year after completion, I bet they are.

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