Daniel Feliciano

Fri 3 November 2023 14:40, UK

Tottenham are open to finding a solution with Everton over the £10m payment they’re due when Dele Alli reaches 20 appearances, according to ESPN.

The Toffees signed Dele on an initial free transfer in January 2021, with payments due at certain appearance milestones starting at £10m following the 20th appearance.

But Everton are keen to renegotiate the terms of the deal to help get his career back on track and to ease their financial worries, and Spurs are open to finding a solution that suits all parties.

“Everton are in talks with Tottenham Hotspur over restructuring their deal for Dele Alli to avoid paying £10 million ($12.2m) when he plays 20 games for the club, sources have told ESPN,” they wrote.

“A source at Tottenham has told ESPN that the club are open to finding a solution that works for all parties after Dyche revealed Everton’s director of football Kevin Thelwell was seeking a change to the existing agreement.”

Hopeful

It’s a real shame that there’s a player’s future at the centre of this whole story that is kind of being forgotten about.

Dele’s career started at MK Dons and he was seen as one of the brightest prospects in world football for several years during his time at Tottenham, before he simply fell off a cliff and nobody really understood why.

He revealed in the summer that he had been going through a host of personal issues in recent years but he was hopeful of overcoming that and enjoying his football again, but he has been sidelined with a hip injury for the majority of 2023.

When he is fit again though Sean Dyche would surely love to add a motivated Dele to his squad, but the financial future of the club certainly has to be the priority considering all the off-field issues right now.

Hopefully an agreement can be found that means Dele can get back on the pitch and Everton can make the most of that, so we must wait and see what comes of it.

In other Everton news, summer signing could leave in January as Euro giants eye transfer.