Dele confirms fresh injury set-back in New Year message

I had really hoped to see him in our shirt again.

Or is your post uninformed conjecture based on, well... nothing.

Thing is, clubs don't tend to want to loan or buy injured players.

"We did it!" said Lampard.

You certainly did, Frank.

Is anyone still dumb enough to think we can salvage anything from this expensive mistake?

Smell the coffee and count the cost. Thanks Bill.

For those who don't like the idea of 777 Partners, at least they understand the value of money. The would absolutely 100% not have agreed to such daft terms (or indeed any terms) for a such rapidly deteriorating asset.

I wish Alli the best as a human being but he leaves Everton a very rich man for having contributed so little.

I wish him well and wait for end of season. Doesn't seem to be any other choice.

But the bugger kept breaking down and I had to get rid. A potentially marvellous car that I just couldn't afford — that's Dele Alli I'm afraid.

It's like having a prized possession in your house that's worth a fortune but you can't sell it on nor gain any benefits from it.

I don't think Dele Alli will ever play for Everton Football Club again, I might be wrong but I truly can't see that happening, my doubts whether he'll ever play football at the highest level again also.

If he leaves this summer and then we sign him again on a different contract would we still owe Spurs any money if we played him?!

Sam @ 20, very good point, maybe that is what they are working towards. A fit Dele would be a massive boost to our squad even if next season, as a 'free'. He is still young enough to play for a few years if the fitness/contract obstacle can be overcome !

So you'll forever be grateful to Dele Alli for a 45-minute cameo against Palace, but not Calvert-Lewin for an outstanding diving header to win the same game? What the fuck?

The Dele Alli deal was a bit like buying a 6-month-old Range Rover that's been written off in a crash, but on a 2-year hire purchase deal for the privilege of it sitting stationary on your driveway – and then a big lump sum on top if you can ever get it going again.

It's hardly uninformed conjecture. It appears he is on his 8th hamstring issue, maybe more. They started back in 18/19 and have been close to continuous, breaking down shortly after recovering each time. That much recurring tissue injury starts affecting the rest of the body too.

He has started precisely 1 game for us since he joined. Hence it might only be conjecture, but given this record, and the fact he's not getting any younger, I think any reasonable person would have severe doubts about whether he would play again, at least not in the fast pace of the Premier League.

Nothing to see here and nothing new.

He would be out of contract.

Dele Alli never looked comfortable being here. Can he make a comeback?

Let's hope we can get back to winning and get enough points that we don't need to play him until next season.

Has Mr Dyche ever suggested he may be a player he would consider as among the first choice?

He's not leaving in this window and so I hope he mends as soon as possible.

He can't help being injured (same as Calvert-Lewin when he was). Unfortunately for 2 years he's bled the club dry.

I feel sorry for him in relation to his mental health. But most of us suffer with bad mental health or a form of trauma.

When you're on a 6-2 or a 2-10, you can't be skipping days off work because you'll eventually get the sack.

Time he moved on. Wish him well. But he should have never been signed in the first place.

At West Ham he was brilliant, but did nothing at United or Forest.
Definitely a flip of a coin gamble in what you'd get.

Remember when we were getting stuffed by City at the end of the season and he posted pictures from a private jet. Smiling his arse off.

It was a shame that we never got to watch him live in the flesh. I think Evertonians would have loved him.

Just as no club would be stupid enough to take him off us, let's be grateful for the fact that Kevin Thelwell won't be stupid enough to offer him a contract.

No hard feelings. Get what we can out of him without paying Spurs, and allow his contract to expire. When he and Gomes leave, they will be the last exorbitant contracts to remove from the books. Let's hope for some good performances from both on their way to the exit.

The sale of Rodriguez was absolutely financial. Pretty much everything since January 2021 has been financially driven (albeit sometimes in the most unimaginably thick way).

The purchase of Rodriguez and Alli were each different kinds of stupid gambles that have robbed us of transfer funds, prevented us building a decent side, and seen us with 10 points deducted.

A pay-as-you-go contract at the end of the season to free agent Dele Alli would appear to have little downside. We would then find out how much he wants to play.

Financially, Ancelotti's signings were absolutely ruinous. Allan and Rodriguez were a financial black hole that didn't add nearly enough to results to justify the outlay.

Rodriguez may have added some sparkle that year, but it's not as though we ever got to watch it in person, so I've never really bought into the positives of signing him.

You have got right to the heart of the matter... his contract expires in the summer... over and out!

I remember it well, unfortunately.

I also remember when we were playing Southampton at home and he didn't even know who we were playing.

He, and Alli, are just 2 signings that haven't helped the wage bill at all in 3 years.

Watch what happens when Dele Alli's contract is up, injury will disappear, agent on the phone, a fit and ready Alli will sign a mega millions deal, possibly for the Arabian league. Then possibly all the soft-hearted, "Oh, he's one of us" brigade will realise that caring or loyalty, as far as millionaire footballers go, doesn't exist.

The signing was a money-making, "do me a favour" exercise from one conman to the next, Levy and Kenwright. A player that we all know we didn't need or couldn't afford. We needed and cried out for a striker, but we got a dud.

A player nowhere near ready for the fight who is not wanted and has made a small fortune out of a club that's just been deducted 10 points for over-spending. You couldn't make it up, but then, that's Everton, isn't it?

Let's say that that information is not accurate and he's out for the next couple of months. He hasn't played since last April... that will be nearly a year without completing a competitive game.

I doubt we will be seeing him on the pitch in an Everton kit.

The same who told me that we would be playing 5 at the back against Wolves and Keane would be one of them.

I posted it on here before the game

Some of Howard Kendall's first round of signings were questionable. Mick Ferguson and Alan Biley spring to mind.

And then the infamous on-loan Glenn Keeley? Lasted about half an hour before being sent off and never appeared for Everton again.

Per Krøldrup?

I guess Dele Alli at least has that second half against Palace that transformed the team.

I wish him well.

I'll see your Per KrøldruP and raise you Danny Williamson and Marc Hottiger.

First hailed as an astute piece of business, the La Masia graduate joined the Toffees back in 2017 for what was an apparent bargain £5.25M fee.

The Spaniard's performances on Merseyside soon changed those opinions, as the striker struggled to resemble anything like a top-flight striker – scoring only one goal in 16 disappointing appearances for the club.

Sandro would head out on numerous loan moves to clubs such as Sevilla and Real Sociedad, before leaving Everton permanently in 2020 to join SD Huesca on a free transfer. Considering at the time we had been offered and looked at Haaland is a joke.😀