More than any other player, Dele Alli embodied Mauricio Pochettino’s thrilling Tottenham team – daring, fearless, relentless and with an edge – but he also came to be a symbol of the club’s decline.
Once a phenomenon, described by Pochettino as the best 21-year-old in the world, Dele’s star has fallen to the point where Spurs allowed him to join Everton on Monday night on an initial free transfer, despite the 25-year-old still having two-and-a-half years on his contract.
