Browsing: Dele Alli

“I haven’t heard anything from my analysts about that (challenge),” said Pardew, whose team have slid to 11th after three consecutive defeats after Harry Kane and Nacer Chadli heaped more woe on Palace

Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino had made eight changes to the team that won 2-0 in the FA Cup third round at Leicester on Wednesday, retaining only Son Heung-min, Eric Dier and Christian Eriksen, but they began with intensity and without any apparent disruption

The 19-year-old midfielder has scored four goals and has made two assists in 15 Premier League games for Mauricio Pochettino’s side in his first campaign in the English top flight

England manager, Roy Hodgson, also in attendance at White Hart Lane, would have been pleased to see Kane’s return to form continue, but it was Alli who sparkled with a man-of-the-match display in midfield

The Ligue 1 champions reportedly dispatched sporting director, Olivier Letang, to Spurs’ Europa League defeat at Anderlecht last Thursday evening, with the aim of running the rule over the youngster

Spurs boss, Mauricio Pochettino, recently insisted that the midfielder was not ready for a call-up to the senior side, but it would appear that Hodgson has been impressed with what he has seen from the youngster so far this season