Dele urged to quit football and RETIRE if he 'doesn't love it anymore'

'Unrecognisable' Dele Alli has been told to walk away and 'move on with life' is he is no longer enjoying professional football by ex-Liverpool midfielder Stan Collymore. 

The 25-year-old has yet to start a game under new Everton boss Frank Lampard and looks a shadow of the player that dazzled three years ago at Tottenham under Mauricio Pochettino.

Speaking in his Mirror column, Collymore has offered his own help but stresses that the Everton midfielder must answers 'serious' questions in a bid to establish whether football is in his future. 

'Dele needs to answer some serious questions, for himself, no one else. He has to ask: Do you want to play professional football, or are you not cut out for it?' Collymore wrote in his column. 

'Dele Alli may decide he doesn't love it anymore. Go and find something you are passionate about, and don't cheat the game by going on a circus around other Premier League clubs.

'He'd be cheating the fans and clubs and managers of those clubs. He's gone from the next golden midfielder in Europe, to people asking if he is still a Premier League player. The answers can only come from Dele.

'Look in the mirror and be honest: Do you want to be a pro or not? Don't drift for another five years because that would be a crime against his ability.'

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