Almost two weeks ago, Dele Alli delivered a poignant interview alongside Gary Neville about his personal problems. Addictions, traumatic childhood, alcoholism, the former Spurs nugget dropped everything, thus explaining his descent into hell. Was a teammate for a time in the selection as in the club, Eric Dier recognizes that he saw nothing coming. Disgusted at not being able to help good friend Dele Alli enough, the Tottenham centre-back can only see the damage.
“I’m angry with myself and disappointed that I didn’t do more. When he was in rehab — and I knew he was in rehab — I talked to him a couple of times and messaged him, because I had my wedding. I said to him, ‘I don’t know if you’re going to make it’, because obviously I knew what he was going through. Dele has a heart of gold, really. A long time ago I went to Milton Keynes with him and he showed me where he grew up. He showed me everything, so I was aware of the outline of the image, the frame, but not the image itself“Explains Eric Dier, saddened not to have been more useful than that for his lifelong friend. Hoping to see Dele Alli back on the lawns one day…
