Dele Alli Next Club Odds - January

Dele Alli was once seen as one of the rising stars of the English game.

Arriving at White Hart Lane in 2015, Alli made an instant impact, with Mauricio Pochettino using the attacking midfielder as one of his key weapons in Tottenham’s greatest Premier League team. Alli’s best season resulted in 18 league goals and nine assists as Spurs came agonisingly close to Premier League glory in 2016/17.

Five years later and Alli looks a shadow of his former self, only contributing two goals in 14 games in all competitions so far this season. With a move away from Tottenham seeming inevitable to kick start his career once again, we look at the potential suitors that Alli has on the table.

When Newcastle’s takeover was finally confirmed in October, the guessing game began as to who would come in January. With the Toon floundering in the bottom three, Alli could be the key to help Eddie Howe’s men escape the drop down to the Championship.

Alli would be able to fit in with players like Jonjo Shelvey, who’s yet to score a league goal this season and interlink well with forward players such as Callum Wilson and Alan Saint-Maximin to fire the Magpies to where Amanda Staveley and co. want to see them.

The likes of Nathan Ake, Alexis Sanchez, and many others have been linked with being Newcastle's next new main man, but for Alli, it makes sense with his out-of-favour nature at Spurs going on almost two years. Odds for Alli to join Newcastle are now at 4/1.

Maybe an unexpected team at such short odds, the team from Glasgow would highly benefit from Alli’s arrival.

However, with Alli being a Premier League regular since 2015, we’d question the chances of Alli wanting to drop to the lower standard of the Scottish Premiership, even with Rangers sitting top of the league and looking on course for their 56th top flight title.

Despite Giovanni van Bronckhorst also having helped his side qualify for the Europa League knockout stage, a competition higher in standing than the Europa Conference League that Spurs currently play in, a move to Ibrox seems unlikely, hence the 6/1 odds.

A potentially dream move for Dele Alli, Paris Saint-Germain would offer the Englishmen all that he could desire: Champions League football, a chance of winning major trophies, and the lifestyle of the French capital.

However, with PSG stacked in the attacking midfield position with the likes of Leandro Paredes, Marco Verratti and Julian Draxler, Alli could find gametime at a premium at the Parc des Princes.

Taking Alli’s terrible form so far this season into consideration as well, a move seems unlikely, and despite the Pochettino link, this ship seems to have sailed. Odds are now at 9/1.

Dele Alli may be able to find a perfect match if he was able to get a move to Villa Park who are still in in need of a Jack Grealish-esque player to fill the void he left behind this season.

Now under Steven Gerrard, the Villains look to be improving under the former Liverpool man. Gerrard could personally mentor Alli as well, with the two having similar roles in their respective careers and the likes of John McGinn already benefiting from Gerrard’s arrival, seen with his goal against Palace in his second game in charge.

Seeing Alli in claret and blue in the Birmingham could be one of his best options, but he remains a 20/1 outsider.

Ralph Hasenhüttl is renowned for his high pressing, attacking style at Southampton which has seen the team from St. Mary’s occasionally produce the sublime.

However, the Saints have had a goalscoring problem this season, with Alli potentially being the answer to this conundrum. If the Englishmen is able to recreate his form from his time at Spurs, renowned for their similar style of football under Pochettino, Alli could be the key for Che Adams and Adam Armstrong in unlocking Premier league defenses more frequently.

Once again, however, the drop down seems to low and Alli is 20/1 to head further down south.