Everton hope to renegotiate Dele terms to suit all parties

Kev had better get practising his smile.

Yes, he's had mental health issues obviously but it doesn't change Everton's ability to pay what they owe.

They're two separate issues being somehow conflated into one: it doesn't really make sense and I don't see Levy going for it.

But no harm trying, I guess.

This is especially so considering Dele's mental and physical issues that mean he could break down a few matches the other side of paying the £10m fee. It's a complete non starter.

What a player he is when he was mentally and physically on form. One of the best in the league and we are crying out for a no10 with his class and attributes.

Levy will concede and accept a few million otherwise he will get nothing. It will also be heralded as a gift to Dele to assist his rehabilitation.

A talent such as his should be revered. So for the good of football, let alone Everton, I hope a common sense deal can be struck and we all, Everton and all supporters, get a chance to see the real Dele Alli in all his glory.

Putting aside the financial aspects, I just find it a shame that such a talented footballer has seemingly fallen out of love with football and now has injury problems. Notwithstanding his personal issues from his background, which he was brave enough to publicly reveal, is he another victim of being played too much too young and living in the media bubble? A lot of factors going on there.

However if we are allegedly renegotiating, good luck with that. Levy is ruthless and tends to always get his way. Just don't let Blue Bill near it or we'll end up paying even more with a few theatre tickets thrown in.

I think it's a good move by Dyche and Thelwell. As we'll be paying him his wages, then if there's a chance he can make it back to anything like in his prime, then I hope we take it.

I think there's much more wrong with Dele Alli unfortunately than just a simple case of his issues being out in public and him facing it.

He seems apathetic now almost, you can see his demeanor, he's been off the football scene for too long I think to ever rediscover what he had at Spurs.

I hope he sorts himself and his head out for the rest of his life though, a life after football regardless.

Maybe he doesnt enjoy the stress of being a player any more, if thats not the case he would be a fool to end his career.
He's not become a bad player, he could be a real asset if he wants.

Once there he can negotiate Britain's re-entry into the EU on improved terms, deal with the net zero targets and sort out the economy while he's at it.

Andrew, we will probably leave that meeting paying more for Ali and taking Ledley King and Alan Gilzean along with him.

On Dele, sadly we will get nothing from that shark Levy

If Dele told Levy that that was his intention, it would strengthen Thelwell's hand. If Dele isn't interested, then he clearly isn't hungry enough to resurrect his career.

I look at it this way. The lad has had a fairly chaotic, rough, home homelife as he grew up. sent out to flog drugs when he was a kid, allegedly, and I think football was the only positive thing in his life. He's courted by massive clubs offering a King's ransom to him, if he would only play for them (think Liverpool, amongst others, were after him) He's playing in the first team, playing for England when he was still a teenager. A thrilling footballer. I was hoping we would go him (Hahaha fat effin chance!)

Then his personal life turns to rat shit for various reasons. Who among us know the the working of his mind? I saw him playing for us and remember him turning one match on it's head for us, when he came on as a sub. I saw other matches when he seemed to let it all pass by him. More like an onlooker, quizzing what he was doing there.

There was obviously something going wrong for him, and that's whty we ended up with him, as Spurs were finished with him. They'd just go and buy someone else. That's how we got him.

All that he's gone through, doesn't go away and maybe that is why he "enjoyed the good life" with the drugs. Who knows.

One thing I'm fairly certain of, his that he was an extremely brave lad to come out, on a televised interview, and tell Gary Neville, and all the football supporters throughout the country, what he went through.

He could have just carried on with his drugs and lifestyl, while he was with us; but he didn't he went into rehab and begun the journey back to a life wherre football might well become a major good part in his life. We gave him that chance "Everton FC"

He went through a rehabilitation course and was strong enough to tell us all about his life.

My view is that our management team think that he's worth building his life back up with him. That includes enjoying football again. I think so to. I'd love to see him enjoy his football again with us.

I think he's worth the gamble. More importantly, so do Everton FC.

I work in physical health, and half the time you can't 'see' anything wrong with a person - likewise you can't see anything change in them from the outside once they're fit & healthy either.

I would suggest the Everton medical team know Dele can get fit, it's just a case of when. Also if they want to do a deal with Spurs, then they also definitely see a future for Dele in our team so why anyone would deduce from that he's 'finished' doesn't add up at all to me.

I would love to see Dele fit and playing for us. He's a fantastic footballer, easily the most talented player at Everton.

However, I would be very surprised if he plays top-tier football again.

I'm not sure it's anything to do with fitness – it's his overall attitude, mindset and form. Maybe that's why people think he's finished.

Good luck to the player but this mess can't be doing him much good other than as they say, you have to reach rock bottom to start going up. Wouldn't have been the terms of Bill's dinner would it?

We really need to get him and Gomes off our books like we did with Gbamin and start again.

He looks more than happy to be snapped here there and everywhere, 100k a week allows him to have a lavish lifestyle, when that gravy train runs out he will be another dailymail story in 5 years time 'remember Dele Alli? Used to earn 100k a week, now he is broke, homeless and selling football boots in a JD Sports shop in Grimsby'

I obviously hope the best for the lad as he like us all have had tough times, but seriously he's probaly finito and we are wasting time on a long gone very talented player that if was going to be restored to old Dele Spurs would of kept him no?!

File under too much social media snowflakes.

Levy will probably just say when he plays the next 20 games it's 20m.

I know loyalty is rare in football, but the lad said Everton have been good to him.

I mean if I was dele I'd be saying, ill prove myself over the 6 games, give me a couple of million signing on fee Instead of paying spurs 10m.

I'm not sure of the intricacies of the deal that brought him here, but he's nearly out of contract and will be available on a free. I think he may struggle to play 7 games for us this year anyway.

The lad had had a very poor three seasons with Spurs, three managers had done their best to get Dele to buck up and get back to his best, they gave up on him, Levy was desperate to get Dele and his massive wages off the book, then mugs wanted entered the scene and signed for this ridiculous deal.

Dele was a very good footballer, once upon a time, maybe he can come back, plenty did in fairy tales, can Dele come back in real life? Would you bet on it? I truly hope he does but the odds are definitely against him.

Part of the reason we are in this horrendous financial mess is because time and time again we have gone for reputation over form and fit to the system (Sigurdsson, Rooney, Gomes, Rodriguez etc) and sadly the gamble on Alli was just that again. £100k per week on a player who barely features at all along with the wages for Gomes and Gbamin (slightly unlucky there). Hopefully such mistakes are now a thing of the past.

I went through our transfers since 2016 in the summer and calculated we spent about £290m on 15 players since 2016, in transfer fees alone, who all left (or will leave in the case of Doucouré) on a free. When you add in their wages that number's over £500m. The likes of Niasse, Sigurdsson, Mina, Schneiderlin, Williams, Gbamin, Tosun etc.

There will be those where bad luck played a part (eg, Bolasie, Sigurdsson) but for the most part its simply been awful transfer strategy often carried out through misplaced panic (eg, Tosun, Walcott - we were never in danger of going down when Allardyce came in).

If the club just signs players with common sense, i.e. don't overpay, don't offer players £100k+ contracts and sign players in their early to mid 20s not 30s if paying a fee, that alone will put a break on things and allow us to at least break even and possibly make a profit on player trading. We get to the point of not being able to get rid of players because we offered them far too high a salary – of course they then won't go if it means taking a massive pay cut.

Alli, Gomes and Keane are the last 3 awful signings and I doubt we'll get any fees for any of them. Keane's contract still runs to 2025!

Either Spurs accommodate our demands or he doesn't play in an Everton shirt again and Spurs get zip.

No need for sentimentality this isn't a rehab centre and the odds are short on him breaking down given his history.

ps, Kev, if you want to use this as an email to Spurs, permission granted. Spend time recruiting rather than faffing over Dele and Spurs.