Tottenham sensation Dele Alli has revealed that Mauricio Pochettino did not like him when he first joined the club from MK Dons in 2015.
During the two and a half years that he has spent thus far at the North London club, Alli has gone on to become one of the most highly rated youngsters in world football and has netted 30 goals in the process.
He has also gone on to win the PFA Young Player of the year award during the past two consecutive seasons
The 21 year old has now admitted that Pochettino did not like him during his early days at the club: In a Daily Mail serialisation of new book ‘Brave New World’, the midfielder said: “When I signed for Spurs in 2015, I came to have a look around the training ground, but I think [Pochettino] was in Spain.
“I didn’t see him till I came back for pre-season. It was really hard and I didn’t know what he thought of me. The first proper one-on-one was with Jesus [Perez, Pochettino’s assistant].
“They were speaking in Spanish and then Jesus said to me: ‘He didn’t like you…’ or similar. The boss was staring me in the eye to see how I reacted. I was speechless! [Perez] paused for like a second, and he said ‘…but now he loves you.'”
