

I want to talk to him to find out what's going on. "I hope to have time to call him and see how he is. Now the Argentine, who knows that his former pupil is not having a good time, is worried about him. One of the most important people in Dele's career has been Mauricio Pochettino. I remember looking in the mirror and wondering if I could retire now. "One morning I woke up and had to go to training. The Everton player, still only 27, also acknowledged in the interview that he was close to retiring some time ago. If God created people, it would be them." Hanging up his boots An amazing family, I couldn't have asked for better people to do what they did for me. It was a guy from the neighborhood next door, a man. An older person told me they wouldn't stop a kid on a bicycle, so I rode around with my football, and then underneath I was carrying drugs. "At seven, I started smoking at eight, I started dealing drugs. I was sent to Africa to learn discipline and then sent back. "When I was six years old, I was molested sexually by a friend of my mother's, who was around the house a lot," Dele said, bringing Neville to tears. You can't be told to go, you have to know and make the decision yourself or it won't work," Dele explained to Neville. When I came back from Turkey and found out I needed an operation, I was very bad mentally and decided to go to a mental health rehabilitation center. It was a heartbreaking testimony of a footballer who is trying to get back to the way he was. Now, in an interview with Gary Neville on 'The Overlap', Dele has acknowledged the problems he has had recently and has been honest about his terrible childhood.ĭele admitted to overusing sleeping pills, and referred to other vices, until one day he knew he was not on the right track and asked for help in a rehabilitation center. An injury cut everything short and in April he returned to the Toffees. He left the London club in January 2022 and signed for Everton, who loaned him to Besiktas, where he struggled to refind form.

The player was one of Tottenham's brightest young talents, but his progress suddenly stalled.

Dele Alli has not had an easy life - neither as a child nor since becoming a professional footballer.
