The amounts of caveats connected to making this business sound are five too many for Everton's current competence. If for starters we didn't have a history of signing larger clubs cast offs, that for the most part haven't worked out on the pitch, cant be moved from some combo of inflated contracts aged out of recuperating larger fees or having not clicked at a bigger club to begin with we might have more ground to stand on.
Or if Alli under three managers since the one he broke out under had shown some more chances of clicking back into place, sure. Yes there is a caveat on fit in relation to those coaches schemes, the same problem exists with almost 3/4ths of the current Everton roster, whose hyper specificity or single managers belief is possibly the largest contributor to our poor form. A problem that has stunted our business and table finishes year after year.
Alli could work, but Everton has a habit of talking itself into the outcome that has the lowest probability of happening. Thats fine with the right caveats like age, sell on potential, price etc but on all those Alli is not really a value proposition. And when you are a club who is both reactionary, restricted in large part from big hasty transfer decisions, the risk should come at less a risk.
