{"id":51202,"date":"2025-08-07T20:15:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51202\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T20:15:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T20:15:09","slug":"dele-alli-to-leave-como-but-plans-to-continue-playing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51202\/","title":{"rendered":"Dele Alli to leave Como but plans to continue playing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dele Alli is poised to leave Como with immediate effect after just six months at the Italian club, but has no plans to end his playing career.<\/p>\n

Dele, 29, joined Como as a free agent in January after his contract at Everton expired in June 2024. The former Tottenham Hotspur and England midfielder signed an 18-month contract at the Serie A side but is set to depart with a year remaining on his deal after failing to settle under head coach Cesc Fabregas.<\/p>\n

Contrary to reports in Italy, Dele is not planning to retire from playing on leaving Como.<\/p>\n

He made just one appearance, playing 10 minutes as he was shown a red card<\/a> after coming on as an 80th-minute substitute in the 2-1 defeat to AC Milan in March.<\/p>\n

The two-time PFA young player of the year has not featured in any of Como\u2019s three pre-season friendlies and has struggled to maintain consistent game time after his departure from Spurs in January 2022.<\/p>\n

He has since had spells at Everton and Turkish side Besiktas but has not played more than 20 games in a season since the 2021-22 season, having missed the entirety of the 2023-24 season while contracted with Everton with various injuries.<\/p>\n

Dele joined Tottenham in 2015 from MK Dons and was one of the brightest prospects in the Premier League at that time. He recorded 10 goals and 10 assists in his debut season at the north London club and earned his England debut in October 2015, before going on to gain 37 caps for the national team.<\/p>\n

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\"Forget<\/p>\n

\n Forget what Dele might have become \u2013 his achievements are remarkable given everything he went through\n <\/p>\n

\n There was a moment, half an hour into an interview that must have felt more like a therapy session, when it all threatened to become too much for Dele Alli.
\n\u201cAt six,\u201d he said, \u201cI was molested by my mum\u2019s friend, who was at the house a lot. My mum was an alcoholic. And then\u2026\u201d
\nAnd at this point, as English football\u2019s lost prodigy rubbed at his face and let out the nervous chuckle that he describes as a coping mechanism, his eyes reddened, he mopped his brow, wiped his eyes and briefly disappeared under the rim of his baseball cap.
\nGary Neville, who was…\n <\/p>\n

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In 2023, Dele spoke in an interview with Gary Neville on The Overlap<\/a> about his mental health, saying he went to rehab after struggling with a sleeping pill addiction.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverton were amazing about it, they were always supportive of me 100 per cent and I\u2019ll be grateful for them forever,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cWhatever happens in the future, for them to be so open, honest and understanding, I couldn\u2019t have asked for anything more in that time when I was probably making the biggest decision of my life, something I was scared to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among his 269 appearances for Tottenham, Dele played a leading role in their second-placed Premier League finish in the 2016-17 campaign. He scored 22 goals (18 in the Premier League) and made 13 assists as Spurs recorded their highest top-flight finish since 1962-63. Despite suffering from hamstring injuries in the 2018-19 season, Dele made eight appearances in Spurs\u2019 run to the Champions League final and started in the 2-0 defeat to Liverpool in Madrid.<\/p>\n

Dele was also a part of Gareth Southgate\u2019s England squad which reached the World Cup semi-final in 2018 and scored in the 2-0 quarter-final victory over Sweden.<\/p>\n

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