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Not so long ago Delhi Alley was widely regarded as the most exciting young player in world football,

the poster boy for England's new generation of skill and tenacity.

Widely regarded as the best 21 year old in the world at one stage, he's been named in just

three starting lineups all year. He's now 26, and those three starts have all come for three different

teams, Tottenham, Everton and last night for Bishiktas. Joining us as we attempt to unravel the Great Delhi Alley Mystery at the athletics

Carl Anker and Jack Pitt Brook and Mark Chapman.

This is the Athletic Football Podcast. Oh, what to go! Oh, this young man is a sensation!

I don't really blame Lampard for that because you're not really going to rebuild your whole formation

just to squeeze in one guy and have a play well for three years.

Steli likely to move to Turkey initially on loan.

However, permanent deal still hasn't been ruled out.

And remember, this is a player who only really just swap Tottenham

for Everton in the first place.

And we can say, oh, we didn't fulfill his potential,

not. We're, like, well, if you look at Delhi's come up

and all the things they have to get through,

to get to that point, to be part one Delhi,

I think he's gone above and beyond what anyone problem thought he'd be.

Yeah, it's a new challenge for me and one I'm looking forward to very much. Well there are many reasons you would assume why Deli Ali's story has reached the

stage that it has done but if we go back to the very beginning, Carl, what do you remember of the

MK Don's Wonder Kid back in 2015? And I'll caveat this at the start, you know, I know David Pleit really well.

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