‘Tottenham’s owners have now got to be careful’: Daniel Levy warned he might’ve made big transfer mistake

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Tottenham Hotspur have been urged to “be careful” with regards to Dele Alli – namely his value – after he was reportedly denied a departure from Spurs in the January transfer window.

The 24-year-old has made just six starts for Tottenham this season, and just one in the Premier League.

Worse still, he has twice been replaced at half-time, coming off against Everton in the Premier League and Antwerp in the Europa League.

Although Jose Mourinho was happy for Alli to leave Spurs in January, with Paris Saint-Germain eyeing a loan move, chairman Daniel Levy reportedly blocked their attempts.

The playmaker will now have to fight for a place in the team, under a manager who was happy for him to go, and with his England place in threat ahead of the Euros.

Former MK Dons boss Karl Robinson, who coached Alli when he was at the club prior to his Spurs move, thinks Levy has made a big mistake.

“Once a manager decides you’re so far away from starting, I think then you’ve got to be honest with the player and allow him to go and play,” Robinson told talkSPORT.

“As a manager, when you know you don’t want someone and you’ve made a decision that he can go, and he doesn’t go, you also know that could then cause a problem in your dressing room for the rest of the season

“Tottenham’s owners have now got to be careful, because if they’ve got a player who was so desperate to go, the manager wanted him to go but you don’t allow him to go, where‘s he going to play his football?

“Surely his value is going to decrease, it’s already shot down from when he was playing regularly for England and playing in the Champions League final etc. Now he’s playing so few minutes, they’re effectively devaluing their own player.”

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It’s a mystery as to why Levy seemingly blocked Alli’s departure in January – the only reason could be in case other midfielders and forwards get ruled out through injury, illness or fatigue.

However, that doesn’t necessarily mean Mourinho will then deploy him – as we saw last year when Troy Parrott wasn’t given game time despite Spurs being without strikers, the manager will stick to his guns.

Now Alli is stuck for another six months at a club with a manager who doesn’t want him, it could well screw up his chances of making the England squad this summer – surely he’ll want to be out the door at the next available opportunity.

And how much will Spurs get for him, considering his value is likely to have plummeted? Probably nowhere near as much as a player of that calibre is worth.