What is up with Dele Alli?

[Clarky cat]

I'm thinking he might not care or he is recovering from his injury.

He’s letting his career “breathe”

 

[Tree13]

And you think a post that starts 'I can't believe there is anybody out there who thinks...' is a reasonably expressed opinion mate?!

Yes. It's a reasonably expressed opinion. I too find it astonishing that there are still people around who think it is plausible that Dele Ali will somehow prove his readiness to play prem football again within the next ten days, when he's spent the last two years proving he can't.

 

[Blue_Berry]

Yes. It's a reasonably expressed opinion. I too find it astonishing that there are still people around who think it is plausible that Dele Ali will somehow prove his readiness to play prem football again within the next ten days, when he's spent the last two years proving he can't.

Ah, I get it now mate.

So I could say then, I find it astonishing that there are people out there who might have a different opinion to my own.

And that's reasonable.

OK.

 

[TheFinnFan]

Nothing more than Dyches vanity project this

 

[Cameron Manning]

It's not like people didn't say is it?

Damo is that Ancelotti dressed up?

 

[Damo_1878]

Damo is that Ancelotti dressed up?

It's me any time Dele Alli gets mentioned on the forum

 

[roy vernon]

I feel sorry for the lad and I hope he can get through this. Unfortunately, it is highly unlikely and I really don't want Everton the waste a penny more on his rehab. Please please don't gamble by giving him a contract, it's a gamble we can't afford to take.

 

[Bkk Andy]

I feel sorry for the lad and I hope he can get through this. Unfortunately, it is highly unlikely and I really don't want Everton the waste a penny more on his rehab. Please please don't gamble by giving him a contract, it's a gamble we can't afford to take.

Rehab is fine - it's the right thing to do. But a contract? His opportunity here has been and gone. If he wants to play it needs to be somewhere else and I suspect he knows that.

 

[aglee]

I’d offer him a one year pay as you play and if it doesn’t work out we haven’t lost anything.

Think I read that pay as you play contracts are not allowed under PL rules though. Could be wrong. Is there a way around that, like giving him an actual contract on very low wages and giving him appearance bonuses?

 

[chippy1722]

Think I read that pay as you play contracts are not allowed under PL rules though. Could be wrong. Is there a way around that, like giving him an actual contract on very low wages and giving him appearance bonuses?

Lower basic pay rate and appearance bonuses will be the only way we give him a Contract.
We could give him a month contract and he will still make more appearances than Lonergan has ever made.

 

[GambianToffee]

I feel sorry for the lad and I hope he can get through this. Unfortunately, it is highly unlikely and I really don't want Everton the waste a penny more on his rehab. Please please don't gamble by giving him a contract, it's a gamble we can't afford to take.

I assume the club knows more than we do how close he is. Probably reasonable to assume, too, that he isn’t blessed with offers from other Premier League clubs and, therefore, won’t be asking ridiculous wages.

If that is true, and if he overcomes his mental issues and gets back to even 60% the player he was, he would still be our best player. He’s still in his 20s and, physically, should be coming into his peak.

He said in his interview he has his eyes on the next international tournament with England and I still think someone could unearth a player, there.

 

[Damo_1878]

I assume the club knows more than we do how close he is. Probably reasonable to assume, too, that he isn’t blessed with offers from other Premier League clubs and, therefore, won’t be asking ridiculous wages.

If that is true, and if he overcomes his mental issues and gets back to even 60% the player he was, he would still be our best player. He’s still in his 20s and, physically, should be coming into his peak.

He said in his interview he has his eyes on the next international tournament with England and I still think someone could unearth a player, there.

 

[roy vernon]

I assume the club knows more than we do how close he is. Probably reasonable to assume, too, that he isn’t blessed with offers from other Premier League clubs and, therefore, won’t be asking ridiculous wages.

If that is true, and if he overcomes his mental issues and gets back to even 60% the player he was, he would still be our best player. He’s still in his 20s and, physically, should be coming into his peak.

He said in his interview he has his eyes on the next international tournament with England and I still think someone could unearth a player, there.

That's a big assumption mate, this is Everton, it's never wise to assume they know what they're doing.

 

[MACCA75]

Hopefully he’s spent his time out re-inventing himself as a world class right back.

 

[Bedfordblue]

I assume the club knows more than we do how close he is. Probably reasonable to assume, too, that he isn’t blessed with offers from other Premier League clubs and, therefore, won’t be asking ridiculous wages.

If that is true, and if he overcomes his mental issues and gets back to even 60% the player he was, he would still be our best player. He’s still in his 20s and, physically, should be coming into his peak.

He said in his interview he has his eyes on the next international tournament with England and I still think someone could unearth a player, there.