Everton escapes £10m payment to Tottenham due to Dele Alli signing with Sky Sports MNF.
This article contains affiliate links, and we will receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. Alli, who has not played this season, will provide punditry for Everton’s Premier League clash with Chelsea on Monday. As part of the deal that saw Alli join Everton, Spurs negotiated a clause that would see them paid £10m if the 28-year-old made 20 top-flight appearances on Merseyside. However, injuries and a loss of form mean Alli will not reach that figure.
Everton have seven matches remaining in the fight against Premier League relegation, meaning Alli could have theoretically still reached 20 games. The England playmaker is widely expected to be released by Everton at the end of the season, meaning Spurs will never get their £10m out of the deal. Tottenham were due £10m if Dele Alli made 20 appearances for Everton. Alli has endured a tough couple of years.
Once the shining light of a Spurs team that fought for the Premier League title under Mauricio Pochettino, the former MK Dons prodigy struggled in the latter months of Jose Mourinho’s tenure and has battled with personal problems in recent times. In an emotional interview with Gary Neville the Overlap last summer, Alli admitted that he had been sexually abused as a child and revealed that he had undergone rehabilitation for his mental health. “When I came back from Turkey, I found out I needed an operation [on a groin injury] and I was in a bad place mentally,” he told The Overlap of his return from a loan spell with Besiktas at the end of last season. “I decided to go to a modern-day rehab facility for mental health.
They deal with addiction, mental health and trauma. “I felt like it was time for me. You can’t be told to go there. You have to know and make the decision yourself or it’s not going to work.
I was caught in a bad cycle.” Alli was plagued by a groin injury at Besiktas and was initially scheduled to return in the new year after surgery. However, a series of setbacks have prevented him from playing a part in a challenging season for Everton, whose deduction of eight points has seen them battle for safety.
