Dele Alli

Besiktas' manager has given a brutally honest assessment of Dele Alli's loan spell at the club.The midfielder had been given a lifeline to reboot his.

However, a decline in form at Spurs saw him leave the club in January. [scoring his first club goal in more than a year](https://talksport.com/football/1186749/dele-alli-goal-besiktas-everton-fan-attacks-teammate-cenk-tosun/) in his second appearance for them. [sent there on a season long loan from Everton](https://talksport.com/football/1179260/dele-alli-transfer-besiktas-everton-loan-fans-chants/).

Everton midfielder Dele Alli's performances on loan at Besiktas have been branded as being “below expectations” but the statistics behind his displays paint ...

Dele made 13 defensive actions, compared to a league average of 13.57 in his position and seven of these were successful (the average is 7.72). Despite only playing half of the match, Dele’s offensive contributions were still impressive given that he completed six attacking actions (the league average for players in his position is 4.29), and two of these were successful attacking actions compared to an average of 2.15. As an average for the season, Dele’s 2.39 successful attacking actions per game is above the league average of 2.15 in his position with his 2.09 successful dribbles also better than the 1.54 average. [](https://comparisonator.com/) Click [here](https://comparisonator.com/) for more details. He would be sixth for successful dribbles on 2.09 (just behind Everton’s There was plenty of Eastern promise when Dele received a hero’s welcome when he was greeted by Besiktas fans at Ataturk Airport ahead of his move in the summer, but just over a couple of months on, there has seemingly been little Turkish delight for him. Let’s not discuss Dele Alli as a player, but he is below expectations in terms of efficiency.” Besiktas defeated Umraniyespor 5-2 on Sunday in Gunes’ first fixture back in charge but having started as a left-sided attacking midfielder in a 4-2-3-1 formation with former Everton man However, after a 2-1 defeat to Hatayspor on October 24, Ismael was sacked and it seems as though Dele faces an uphill struggle in convincing new coach Senol Gunes. Because Dele has not yet played 20 games for Everton, they can sell him on without having to pay the first £10million instalment to Spurs, although the ECHO understands that the north London club would still receive a smaller amount. He didn’t get any shots in (the average is 1.17) but he embarked upon six dribbles (the average is just 2.35) and two of these were successful compared to an average of 1.54.

Dele Alli left Everton to join Besiktas on loan for the 2022/23 campaign in late August.

It would be immensely satisfying to see him execute a comeback like no other. At 26, Alli should now be approaching his physical prime and peak. It was supposed to be the move that finally got Dele Alli's dwindling career back on track. His lung-busting third-man runs and remarkable, natural instinct would often snuff out a goal from scratch. He was once considered to be the future of English football and a gift from the gods. Alli was mobbed at the airport by thousands of Besiktas supporters upon arrival in Istanbul and he was considered to be among their best-ever captures in the transfer market.

While the former England midfielder scored his first goal in over year on his second appearance for the Istanbul giants, a hamstring injury has since derailed ...

With Gunes prepared to take charge of Besiktas for the first time since 2019 in Saturday’s huge Istanbul derby with Galatasaray, the former Turkey boss gave short shrift to the idea his arrival could offer something of a spark. After missing two games, Dele has not lasted the full 90 minutes in any of his last five appearances amid a change in management. While the former England midfielder scored his first goal in over year on his second appearance for the Istanbul giants, a hamstring injury has since derailed his season.

Former Tottenham manager Tim Sherwood has launched a strong defence of Dele Alli after the midfielder was once again publicly criticised by a manager.

“We’ll review it through the year and also at the end of the season.” “Pochettino was obviously the best manager. People who are meant to be on his side, they’re always digging him out. A move to Everton in January of this year didn’t work out, and he was sent off on loan to Besiktas this summer with the words of Lampard ringing in his ears. 😡 “Managers and people who are meant to be on his side are digging him out.” “The thing is with Dele, when I see people criticise Dele, they don’t mind doing it in public, do they?” said Sherwood during an appearance on