Cesc Fabregas lifts lid on Dele Alli signing as ex-England star offered career lifeline

Dele Alli has signed a declaration with Serie A broadside Como aft spending clip grooming with the nine having past played a competitory lucifer successful February 2023 portion connected indebtedness astatine Besiktas

Dele Alli has signed an 18-month woody with Serie A broadside Como aft spending clip grooming with the broadside nether caput manager Cesc Fabregas.

The erstwhile Tottenham prima has been without nine since the summer but continued to bid with Everton until December when helium departed Finch Farm. Como offered an invitation for Dele to bid with them and it appears helium has done capable to transportation the broadside to connection him a contract.

The 28-year-old, who last played a competitory fixture successful February 2023, has signed a woody until 2026, with an enactment successful spot to widen his enactment successful bluish Italy for a further 12 months. Dele nevertheless is not expected to marque an contiguous interaction contempt formalising his presumption with Como.

The midfielder, who has endured a torrid clip owed to wounded and off-field issues successful caller years, is to beryllium gradually integrated into the squad. The nine program to supply the MK Dons younker merchandise with a 'supportive environment' successful a bid to find his champion form.

Their expectations for Dele volition travel disconnected the transportation arsenic good arsenic connected it. Como's connection revealed that they bash program for the erstwhile Spurs ace to lend with performances but besides arsenic a mentor for their young stars: Nico Paz, Alieu Fadera, Assane Diao, Maxence Caqueret, Máxi Perrone and Lucas Da Cunha.

Head Coach Fàbregas said: "The nine believes successful Dele’s imaginable and is committed to helping him rediscover his champion form. His acquisition and enactment qualities volition undoubtedly payment the squad."

Dele spent 7 years astatine Tottenham earlier making the determination to Everton. A tricky two-year spell saw him walk tim connected indebtedness astatine Besiktas.

The 37-cap England planetary was nevertheless grateful for the enactment helium received disconnected of Everton during his clip astatine Goodison Park. In revealing his adjacent steps, Dele expressed his acknowledgment to the Toffees past month.

He wrote connected Instagram: “As wide published this week, 2025 whitethorn acceptable maine connected a caller way with immoderate breathtaking opportunities.

"Before immoderate of that happens it’s precise important for maine to marque wide however grateful I americium of each the fans, unit and players astatine Everton FC for the enactment they person fixed me. It’s been an incredibly pugnacious travel trying to enactment the last pieces unneurotic to regain lucifer fittingness and I cannot convey the Everton unit capable for the hard enactment they person enactment into this process.

“Unfortunately things haven’t worked retired arsenic we each would person hoped and I deliberation it is the close clip for maine to crook a caller page. I privation to privation everyone astatine this astonishing nine the precise champion of luck and hopefully we volition spot each different again precise soon.”

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