David Ornstein reveals why Alli rejected Aston Villa for Tottenham

Dele Alli made his 200^th appearance for Tottenham against Wolves, on Sunday, since he joined from MK Dons in 2015. However, it appears that he could have been playing for Aston Villa instead. According to The Athletic’s David Ornstein, Aston Villa were among the clubs pursuing the midfielder and had agreed on a deal with MK Dons. Alli and his representatives visited Villa’s Bodymoor Health training ground a day before transfer window deadline in January and that made it clear that Alli would be the key points of a team built around him. However, then Spurs manager Mauricio Pochettino had gone extra lengths to convince Alli a move to White Hart Lane was the best for him and he signed for Tottenham the next day. Source-Sportslence

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