Dele Alli

[aguero93:20]

Mauricio Pochettino believes Barcelona great Xavi is attempting to destroy the focus of Tottenham Hotspur.
The Spanish midfielder recently said that his old boss, Pep Guardiola, wants Spurs star Dele Alli at Manchester City this summer.

But Pochettino is not listening to the outside noise and suggests Xavi is simply trying to create some uncertainty amongst the North Londoners due to his hatred for Barca's arch rivals Espanyol - a club the Argentine has a strong association with.

"Is Xavi working for Manchester City maybe? He wants to help Guardiola," said Pochettino.
"He's in a period when he loves to talk, in Doha. But he was a Barcelona player – he's my enemy. He tries to destroy our focus to win because he hates me, because he's Barcelona.
"Because we are doing things and the club has a lot of potential, the focus is on our talented players.
"But my relationship with my chairman Daniel Levy is so close. We have our plan to try to improve. The players that we want to keep, we will keep.
"He said to me, 'We don't need money'. If we sell players it is because we want to sell players. We will sign players we want to sign. All the decisions we take are to improve the team."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...avi-manchester-city-bid-dele-alli-hates-says/

I'd be surprised if Xavi had any strong feelings there tbh, seems a fairly laid back lad.

 

[kaz7]

I'd be surprised if Xavi had any strong feelings there tbh, seems a fairly laid back lad.

He denies ever saying it and pep has since said no

 

[JPBB]

The denial seems to make it a little more possible. How many players are City linked with each week? And never a denial. And than all of a sudden, Pep denies he is interested...

 

[The Riot Club]

Pep might have lied :)

I hope so. Alli is better than anyone we have in his position.

 

[_OVO_]

Scored again today. Would love him as I've been saying for a while now. But I can't see it happen personally, plus don't think he'll fit Pep's style of play.

 

[manygoose]

could've done with him (or any goalscoring AM) today

 

[robbieh]

The way he read the play was so instinctive. Fantastic PL footballer.

 

[MaineDAWG2008]

Worth a punt? without the attitude ofc. Perfect replacement for Gundogan.

 

[Blue Hefner]

I don't see it in him. Maybe West Ham might be interested but all this talk about Real Madrid and PSG is just weird to me

 

[CenturyClub]

Worth a punt? without the attitude ofc. Perfect replacement for Gundogan.

Not fit to lace Gundo's boots. Different players anyway.

One of the most overrated players i have ever seen step on a football pitch. Don't rate him at all.