Dele Alli joins Como on 18-month deal in return to football

The erstwhile Tottenham midfielder has not played competitively since the 2023 aft a lengthy lay-off owed to injury, addiction and intelligence wellness problems, but volition nexus up with the Serie A nine managed by Cesc Fabregas.

Former Arsenal, Chelsea and Spain midfielder Fabregas 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."

Como are 17th successful Serie A and acceptable to big Udinese connected Monday night, but the imaginable of a debut for Alli remains up successful the air.

Alli has not played competitively since a indebtedness stint astatine Besitkas during the 2022-23 season, which was chopped abbreviated owed to a hep wounded aft a 45-minute quality against Antalyaspor connected February 26, 2023.

A further groin contented meant helium failed to diagnostic for Everton past season, but the erstwhile England planetary was progressive successful a searingly honorable interrogation with Gary Neville connected his podcast The Overlap during the summertime of 2023.

He past appeared connected Sky Sports' Monday Night Football successful April 2024, saying helium had been "overwhelmed" by the effect to his affectional interrogation and that helium was yet starting to "see the light".

The 28-year-old's tendency to play shot again, having started his vocation astatine MK Dons earlier flourishing with Spurs, remained strong.

Alli volition present enactment nether aged midfield rival Fabregas, who was appointed caput manager of the Djarum Group-run nine connected a imperishable ground past summer.