Journalist hints at Sean Dyche annoyance at Everton loanee Dele Alli after Besiktas chaos
Daily Mirror journalist Andy Dunn believes that Sean Dyche will have been left unimpressed by Dele Alli’s attitude since Everton loaned him out.
He was signed by Spurs on a free transfer at the moment with promises of a future transfer fee.
However, that didn’t work out and neither did his spell at Besiktas, where conflicting reports of him going AWOL have emerged, but the crux of the matter is that the Turkish club also appear to not want anything to do with him in the future.
Dunn wrote in his column on 25 March, “Perhaps the relatively new Everton manager will when Dele returns to Goodison Park but you suspect Sean Dyche would be unimpressed by his attitude. This is a player described as “a ****ing lazy guy” by Jose Mourinho.
“Perhaps, as a footballer, he is washed up a fortnight shy of his 27th birthday. And when he watches his old team-mate Harry Kane lead England out against Ukraine at Wembley today, that will surely hurt.
“Or maybe it won’t, maybe he just doesn’t care. Either way, and despite his millions, it is a real shame.”
Ridiculous
To think that he was once mentioned in the same breath as Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard is shocking, but it was hard to predict his fall from grace.
He had numbers that were similar to the world’s best before he turned 21 and things appeared to look bright for the attacking midfielder.
He joined Spurs from MK Dons and under Mauricio Pochettino, was part of the Spurs team that played eye-catching football and went on to finish top four in the Premier League regularly and also made it to the Champions League final.
Everyone thought that he would get himself a move to a side that wins trophies, in one of Europe’s top five leagues and not in Turkey.
It is hard to see a way back for Alli and Dyche is not a manager who will tolerate players like him, especially if their attitude does not match their talent and it’s fair to say that the 26-year-old’s doesn’t.