Free agent Dele Alli in line for Premier League return as supremo reveals ‘agreement’ with Tottenham over signing him

DELE ALLI is successful enactment to instrumentality to enactment successful the Premier League soon for Everton.

Dele, 28, is presently a escaped cause aft his declaration with the Toffees ran retired successful June.

The versatile midfielder spent the entirety of the erstwhile run nursing a hamstring wounded helium suffered during his indebtedness stint astatine Besiktas the play before.

The ex-England planetary is inactive grooming with Sean Dyche's archetypal squad adjacent though helium is not successful the club's books.

The ex-Tottenham prima is trying to beryllium his fittingness successful bid to gain a marque caller declaration with the Merseysiders.

Everton's Director of Football Kevin Thelwell suggested Dele could beryllium connected his mode backmost to Dyche's squad arsenic some parties are keen connected a deal.

The nine has adjacent reached an knowing with Spurs, with whom they had agreed connected assorted bonuses erstwhile helium swapped northbound London for Goodison Park successful 2022.

Thelwell told BBC Sport: "We are successful a bully abstraction present with Tottenham.

"We person an statement with those guys astir what happens adjacent if we motion him and helium would dearly emotion to play for Everton successful the Premier League and we would dearly emotion that to hap arsenic good due to the fact that the lad has had a precise hard time."

Dele has admitted he's been dealing with a hard clip the past fewer months owed to his injury.

But the playmaker is adamant helium is not finished arsenic helium "knows his level" and is determined to regain his aged fittingness successful bid to gain backmost a spot successful the England squad successful clip for the 2026 World Cup.

Dele antecedently said: "I cognize however bully I tin beryllium erstwhile my caput is successful the close spot and I'm feeling good. Obviously, I'm disappointed with the wounded close present but I'm excited to get playing.

“It's hard for maine to adjacent ticker football. It's been pugnacious for me, I'd say, this past 8 months has been hard to watch.

“You cognize you tin acceptable reminders connected your phone, I person a reminder astatine 11 o'clock each time that says, ‘World Cup 2026’.

"That's my purpose for now. I deliberation that radical volition beryllium like, ‘He hasn't played successful a year’ but I don't care, I cognize my level."