Daily Mail

Alli ignored Jose warning

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JOSE MOuRINhO did not get much right during his time at Tottenham but he was one of the first to spot the fire going out in Dele Alli. In a Spurs documentar­y of the 2019-20 season, Mourinho tells his midfielder: ‘I am 56 now, and yesterday I was 20. Time flies. ‘One day, I think you will regret if you don’t reach what you can reach. You should demand more from you. Not me demanding more from you. Not me. Nobody. You. I think you should demand more from you.’ Maybe the presence of a TV camera was making Alli uncomforta­ble but the scary thing about the footage is that one of England’s most gifted footballer­s sits there looking utterly bemused. Since that day Alli has drifted to Everton and now looks to be on his way to Turkey. Who knows what lies ahead for him? But, from the outside at least, that fire still looks unlit. We can only wish him well and hope.

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