The Great Dele Alli Mystery: Bottled Lightning, A Phenomenon & Totally Unique
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 30 August 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
Host Mark Chapman is joined by The Athletic's Carl Anka and Jack Pitt-Brooke to explore the myriad of events which led to Dele Alli making his Besiktas debut last night at just 26 years old...
The panel reflect on a meteoric rise, their first impressions of a totally self-confident phenomenon who quickly became a symbol of both Pochettino's top-table party-crashers and England's new generation. Was Dele failed by a succession of coaches, is he a player born in the wrong era tactically, or even a victim of the gaps in his own footballing education such was the speed of his rise to the top?
Plus, did anyone think the Everton loan would work out and do we need to challenge the narrative of what success actually looks like for Alli?
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| 0:00.0 | Not so long ago, Deli Alley was widely regarded as the most exciting young player in world football, |
| 0:10.3 | the poster boy for England's new generation of skill and tenacity. |
| 0:14.6 | Widely regarded as the best 21-year-old in the world at one stage, he's been named in just three |
| 0:19.6 | starting lineups all year. |
| 0:22.2 | He's now 26 and those three starts have all come for three different teams. |
| 0:27.9 | Tottenham, Everton and last night for Bishitas. |
| 0:35.3 | Joining us as we attempt to unravel the great Delhi Alley of the Athletics Carl Anker and Jack Pitt Brook. |
| 0:42.2 | I'm Mark Chapman. |
| 0:43.2 | This is the Athletic Football Podcast. |
| 0:48.9 | Great skill. |
| 0:50.4 | Oh, what a goal! |
| 0:53.6 | Oh, this young man is a sensation. I don't really blame Lampart for that, because you're not really going to rebuild your whole formation just to squeeze in one guy who has a playbler for three years. Steli Ali likely to move to Turkey initially on loan. However, permanent deal still hasn't been ruled out. Remember, this is a player who only really just swapped Tottenham for Everton in the first place. |
| 1:12.3 | And we can say, oh, we can fulfil his potential, |
| 1:14.4 | not William. |
| 1:14.9 | It's like, well, if you look at Delhi's come up |
| 1:16.6 | and all the things here to get through |
| 1:18.5 | to get to that point, to be part one, |
| 1:20.6 | Delhi, I think he's gone above |
| 1:22.5 | and beyond what anyone probably thought |
| 1:24.6 | could be. Yeah, it's a new challenge for me and one I'm looking forward to very much. |
| 1:33.8 | Well, there are many reasons you would assume |
| 1:36.1 | why Deli Alli's story has reached the stage |
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