Tottenham may now miss out on £10m transfer windfall ahead of the summer

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Tottenham Hotspur could be set to miss out on a £10m transfer windfall with the sale of Dele Alli to Everton.

It has been a difficult spell for the 27-year-old who has had to deal with some major off-field issues, as well as injury problems.

The Toffees have not played the former England international this term and there are question marks over whether he’ll play at all before the summer.

Everton have £10m Dele clause with Tottenham

According to previous reports, Dele’s transfer to Goodison Park was largely incentivised by potential add-ons based on specific targets.

However, the 27-year-old has not met these requirements to see Spurs handed their £10m add-on from the struggling Premier League side.

Speaking on talkSPORT, transfer guru Alex Crook has suggested the Toffees will likely avoid playing Dele again in order to avoid the add-on clause: “I just hope that Dele Alli can get his career back on track because there’s no doubt when he’s on-form, he’s such a talented player.

“I think there’s still the situation at Everton where if he plays [seven] more games, they have to hand over a load of cash to Tottenham. So I think it was always unlikely Everton, in their financial situation, would take that risk.”

Dele clause negotiated with Tottenham

It was even suggested by the Daily Mail report that the Toffees had tried to negotiate with Spurs over the clause.

With the clause believed to be activated after Dele’s 20th appearance for the Merseyside club, it leaves him with six games potentially available to play before Everton would have to cough up.

This type of money may not have too big of an affect on Ange Postecoglou’s ability to spend in the summer, but it is perhaps more the principle of allowing Everton to double back on the signed agreement.

Regardless, it looks like £10m that Everton won’t be paying and the only real loser in all of this is Dele.

It has been a season to forget for the once-promising midfielder and it is apparent his manager, Sean Dyche, is not in any rush to bring him back into the fold: There’s a long way to go. We’ve deliberately kept him back, we agreed with him to give him time and space. Hopefully he’ll be back, we just don’t know,’ he said recently.

We were made to pay a hefty price for Richarlison when Everton needed to sell, so why should Daniel Levy let them off and cancel their agreement?