Dele Alli: Where it all went wrong, Jose Mourinho scars and Everton struggles

Few English midfielders in recent memory have sparked the kind of excitement and fanfare that Dele Alli produced having joined Tottenham Hotspur from MK Dons.

During his debut campaign at Spurs under the guidance of then-manager Mauricio Pochettino, Dele scored one of the best goals seen in the Premier League of the last 10 years when he managed to control the ball, loft it over the head of Mile Jedinak before lashing a delightful volley beyond Wayne Hennessey in January 2016.

The aftermath of that goal led to shouts of Dele being the next great English midfield hope in the wake of Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard's recent retirements. In fact, at the tender age of just 23, Dele already had more Premier League goal contributions than both of the aforementioned duo at the same stage of their careers.

In 2016, Dele was crowned as the PFA Young Player of the Year as well as included in the PFA Team of the Year. Records continued to tumble as the midfielder surpassed the 50 goal mark in fewer games than Chelsea legend and current Real Madrid talent Eden Hazard.

Dele had even managed to make the transition onto both the European and international stage seamlessly for Spurs in the Champions League and the England senior side respectively. He bagged the second goal of England's 2-0 World Cup quarter-final win over Sweden in 2018 and followed that up by helping to inspire Spurs to the Champions League final the very next season.

Yet, upon Pochettino's sacking later that year, and Jose Mourinho's subsequent arrival, things turned sour for Dele in North London. The 'Special One' did not exactly see eye-to-eye with the midfielder and the breakdown in their relationship played out for all to see courtesy of Amazon's All or