Former Premier League star Gabby Agbonlahor spoke on TalkSport’s Breakfast show about issues behind the scenes at Tottenham Hotspur.
Tottenham looked poor in their opening Premier League game against Everton on Sunday. Spurs were lucky to lose the game by one goal, as it could have easily been three or four had Richarlison found his feet.
Mourinho described his side’s pressing as ‘lazy’ and questioned some of his players’ mentality (Guardian). Dele Alli was subbed off at half-time and Agbonlahor has been informed that it happened because of an issue before the game.
He said: “I feel like they need a No 10 as well because I’m hearing from a good source that Dele Alli and Mourinho have fallen out. We’ve seen it so many time with Jose Mourinho, he can kill players. He has done it at every club he’s been at. At Man United, he tried to do it with Pogba and Shaw.
“I feel that Dele Alli could be his new target. You see what he did with Danny Rose, which was a disgrace and he’s still Spurs’ best left-back. I feel with Dele Alli, something has happened there between them. From what I heard, he wasn’t even meant to start the Everton game.
“Steven Bergwijn had a migraine in the warm-up or before the game and that’s why Alli started. For him to drag him off at half-time was a bit of an insult. He could have dragged off Harry Kane, he could have dragged off other players before Dele Alli and he’s dragged him.”
Could Alli leave Tottenham?
Since the defeat, Alli has been linked with a move away from the club. The Telegraph claimed yesterday the Englishman could be offered to Real Madrid in a swap deal that would see Gareth Bale return to North London.
That does seem really unlikely but stranger things have happened in football. Alli, still only 24, has played over 220 games for Tottenham since he joined them back in 2015.
The Englishman is a full England international as well and, under the right manager, he could be one of Tottenham’s best players. If the rift between Mourinho and Alli really is true, it could cause a lot of problems in the dressing room, which will reflect on the pitch as it did against Everton on Sunday.
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