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Barca? Madrid? Dele Alli can be a world-beater but he's got to stop being so stupid on the pitch

The Tottenham starlet has the world at his feet but moments such as his awful tackle against Gent threaten to prevent him from reaching his potential

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For anyone who has been in the vicinity of Dele Alli off the pitch, his moments of madness on it are hard to explain.

You will be hard pressed to find a more jovial, well-mannered footballer in the Premier League. He has been a popular figure in the dressing rooms of MK Dons, Tottenham and England and more often than not embodies the joy many fans imagine they would feel in his shoes, but which is not always evident among top-level players.