Dele Alli has revealed he considered retiring from professional football at the age of 24 after documenting a series of mental health struggles in the recent period of his career. Having burst onto the scene as a 16-year-old at MK Dons, Alli quickly became a household name at Tottenham, twice winning the PFA Young Player of the Year award. Ad The midfielder earned the reputation as a once-in-a-generation talent but his career took a turn for the worse following the departure of Mauricio Pochettino as Spurs manager.