Confirmed Signing Dele Alli

[Timak]

How can it be £12.5 million if he never plays when the reported deal is no money to be paid until he plays 20 games and then it’s £10 million?

Salary, £100k a week for 2.5 years.

If he never plays we still pay it.

 

[Martin Alvito]

It’s staggering how many posts Alli has produced in just a couple of days. Compare against the number for our new manager or even DCL (more I agree but a much longer timescale)……..

He's a 'name' player.

Benitez and Carlo got an absurd number of posts by virtue of being 'name' managers.

Just how this works.

 

[Eggs]

Salary, £100k a week for 2.5 years.

If he never plays we still pay it.

….and nobody will give a **** if he delivers.

 

[TheCount]

Personally I think Dele still has it, played well the few times I’ve seen him.

Interesting comments from Simon Jordan on Talksport about the deal. It’s almost a gamble from both sides, which does strike me as concerning. Tottenham would know exactly what’s wrong with Dele and happy to let him go for free or close to free $10-20m. But also wanted something from him if he did well. Sounds like they’re the ones getting the better end of the deal. Dele has to play better than 40m otherwise Everton lose out. Is he a 40m rated player? Not at the moment, he was before. If he plays like a 10m player both sides lost out.

Daniel Levy actually is a smart operator. And Farhad has only shown how to blow a 500m hole in his wallet.

Didn't Levy go about a billion over budget on the stadium?

For all his supposed smartness, he hasn't won very much.

 

[Goat]

I know we only signed him cos he's fell off a cliff, but I'm quite excited about this signing, if we can get him firing he's 1 hell of a player.

 

[ArtetaMoney]

He's a 'name' player.

Benitez and Carlo got an absurd number of posts by virtue of being 'name' managers.

Just how this works.

Loads of kids will buy shirts with his name on, before he’s even kicked a ball for us. Whilst I am apprehensive, it could be a great signing.

Additionally, it’s good that it is only a 2 and a half year deal, rather than a long term deal like what we dished out to Bolasie. Tosun, etc.

 

[Ian]

Any examples of players having great early career, tailing off, then coming back strongly?

Peter Reid?

 

[Goat]

Peter Reid?

Peter Reid was never considered a bad player, just a bad sicknote.

 

[Ian]

Peter Reid was never considered a bad player, just a bad sicknote.

Yeah fair enough. But he was considered a huge gamble at the time. Turned out he was one of the best we ever had. Not that I have the same expectations of Alli. If I had to bet, I think it probably won't work out, but you never know.

 

[Goat]

Yeah fair enough. But he was considered a huge gamble at the time. Turned out he was one of the best we ever had. Not that I have the same expectations of Alli. If I had to bet, I think it probably won't work out, but you never know.

I thought @neil999 made a very good and worrying point, cant think of anybody that fell off badly and came back as strong.

Am sure theres examples there, but lets hope we can use Dele in a few years as an example.

 

[Nymzee]

I thought @neil999 made a very good and worrying point, cant think of anybody that fell off badly and came back as strong.

As sure theres examples there, but lets hope we can use Dele in a few years as an example.

Even his badly is miles better than what we have.

 

[Jebus_lives]

I know we only signed him cos he's fell off a cliff, but I'm quite excited about this signing, if we can get him firing he's 1 hell of a player.

He seems like he needs a manager who is positive and can identify with him.

Pochettino clearly put his arm round him and treated him differently to Mourinho, Nuno, Conte.

Mourinho seemed to completely destroy Alli with how he interacted with him and I think Lampard will treat him much more like Pochettino.

 

[Jebus_lives]

I thought @neil999 made a very good and worrying point, cant think of anybody that fell off badly and came back as strong.

Am sure theres examples there, but lets hope we can use Dele in a few years as an example.

Luke Shaw at Utd.

The list of players Mourinho has marginalised is massive.

 

[Shibbywiggles]

As an extreme example, look at Kante. Absolutely world class at Leicester and beginning of his Chelsea career. Then Sarri played him right mid and he was average. Then he got moved back to CDM and is world class again.

Systems make a big difference and Dele was not suited to what Mourinho, Nuno or Conte wanted to do. Franks a smart man, he’s not gone after Dele to not play to the boys strengths. We’ll be building our line up around Dele in the game against Newcastle, mark my words!

 

[Toast]

Not sure..