Everton: Dele Alli set to be unveiled at Besiktas during weekend fixture
Everton midfielder Dele Alli looks set to leave the club and could be announced at his new side on Sunday, according to Fanatik.
Turkish Super League side Besiktas are only waiting for the signature on the contract before being able to confirm the 26-year-old as their new headline signing for the summer.
A deal has already been agreed with Everton and if all goes according to plan, Alli will be on a private plane this evening (20 August) to Istanbul for his medical on Sunday.
The hierarchy at Vodafone Park Arena are planning to reveal the England international to the incredibly loud and passionate home crowd during the Black and Whites’ game against Faith Karagumruk.
He will, however, have to watch from the stands having been an unused substitute for the Toffees on Saturday as they drew 1-1 with newly-promoted Nottingham Forest in the Premier League.
Good riddance
From the moment Alli’s arrival at Goodison Park was mentioned back in January, there was a very big worry that the club had made a huge mistake and they have been fortunate to get away with this.
Having only made 13 appearances for the club, Everton don’t have to pay a penny of the £40million they were due to give Tottenham Hotspur if he played 80 times in the league.
Thankfully for Farhad Moshiri’s pockets, he is now set to be loaned out and he won’t have to pay a penny of the fee but it should never have been a transfer they made in the first place.
It was obvious that he had lost the spark that made him so effective early on in his Spurs career and a switch to Everton was never going to change anything.
It reeked of a really desperate deadline day move that was totally unnecessary at the time having just signed Donny van de Beek earlier that day and it will certainly be a deal Lampard regrets further down the line.