2022/23 Dele Alli

[BNJ1878]

Harry Redknapp is on record (others sand myself have posted the talk sport interview) its he encouraged his nephew Frank to sign off the Dele deal, best business he and Everton and Frank will do... In the same interview he goes on to express his disappointment in Dele.

I'm not defending Lampard per se, but had he arrived last day of the window and said:

"I really want Dele Alli on a a 2.5 year loam with a convoluted payment scheme"

It wouldn't have happened. No matter how much badgering Uncle 'Arry was doing.

It has Kenwright all over it. He can't help himself.

 

[MikeH72]

I was. I mean, apart from the Everton of it all, and you sometimes have that slight hope where at some point, something has to go right, surely.

But hes still a young lad, hasnt had serious injuries, fell out with 2 managers who have a reputation for falling out with people, and was previously great. It was a gamble, but sometimes a gamble is worth taking, especially if a manager believes they can have a positive effect.

He will be back in June and he will have 2 months and 1 final chance to prove to a tough task master in Dyche he is worth keeping, or he will be released or loaned out again until the end of his contract. With no money down, hes not even close to being the worst deal weve had in the last 5 years, which tells its own story.

I really don’t think we can afford to even play him, he’s close to triggering the first £10m of the payment to Spurs and I would imagine not too far off the next £10m after that. There is absolutely zero chance, none whatsoever, that he drags his arse out of bed to run through brick walls and smash the bleep test for Sean Dyche. He’s also on extraordinary wages which will be unsustainable if we go down. It’s been an absolute nightmare of a signing.

 

[hktoffee]

Free transfer.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Get rid ASAP.

 

[Mikey O]

He'll never play for us again (and neither should he)

 

[Bedfordblue]

Free transfer.

Nice thought, but to whom and how much of his contract will we have to pay out…… No such thing as free with Mr Alli I fear.
That’s assuming there’s no gotchas in the deal with Spurs to pay them something in that event.

 

[gonetomorrow]

Over in Turkey the fans are calling themselves Boo-siktas.

 

[royvernon39]

Frank was the manager at the time so he must have approved the Deli move and
his uncle has intimated the same.

Getting Deli who had been rejected by 5 managers at Spurs was by itself a sackable offence.
Paying him 100k a week was a public flogging offence.
Getting Maupay was hard-labour in Siberia.
Getting Dwight was a serious offence originally but has been reduced to community service
plus a warning to never ever manage a football club again.

 

[twoblue]

Was a gamble it never worked. Stopped bleeding jeez. Compared to what we paid and what the potential upturn might have been this was a deal worth taking. Never happened to work out.
Dele was 100m player 2 / 3 season previous, he could potentially been a 20 goal a season midfielder. It never worked out but you can see the thought process.
The cost was minuscule for the risk…
It looked like good odds, but the horse still never placed.
Our hands were tied with spending, this at the time looked a better spend than a maupay.
I’m not defending dele here, but I can understand the risk reward bet

 

[DualityNSNO]

To be fair, the only upside of this transfer is he had a few decent games when we needed someone to have a few decent games towards the end of last season, which was pretty good.

Shame it never worked out overall, but it is what it is. Move on, it's not like we can get him to play for us anymore, either financially or realistically.

 

[Baines' left foot]

Just release him! What’s the issue??

 

[DualityNSNO]

Just release him! What’s the issue??

Agreed mate, are board is a joke

 

[GoldenToffee]

Just tell him we're releasing him, I'm sure he'll happily forfeit his 100k a week.

 

[CielosGrises]

Didn't want him at the time - really don't understand Kenwrights belief that somehow this current Everton setup are going to get the best out of a player that has lost their way elsewhere.

Perhaps it hasn't been the most costly mistake made in the last 10 years though - plenty more.

 

[Kaiser Soysauce]

Deli says "Hi", whilst gaming with 6 year olds Turkish kids.....

Also says thanks for his new gaming rig