Tottenham sign MK Dons wonder-kid

Tottenham Hotspur have completed the signing of 18-year-old Milton Keynes Dons midfielder Dele Alli for £5 million.

The North London club beat other teams to signing the teenager, including Newcastle United who were apparently also interested in the player.

Alli has now been loaned back to MK Dons for the rest of the season, and will re-join Mauricio Pochettino and his new side in the summer.

Alli’s experience                

The young midfielder has certainly had a good amount of playing time in his short career, as despite being 2 months shy of his 19^th birthday, he has so far made 76 first-team appearances for the Dons, scoring 18 goals.

Alli joined the MK Dons Youth System aged 11, and broke into the first team just 5 years later.

He has also played for the three lions, at Under 17, Under 18 and Under 19 level, but has yet to score while wearing the famous white jersey.

In-form youngster

The Dons currently sit in second place in the League 1 table, just 1 point behind top placed Bristol City, and many believe Alli has been a factor for their success this season.

The hot-property youngster has made 32 appearances for Karl Robinson’s side this season, and has scored 12 goals, making him the clubs top goal scorer.

The new Spurs addition, who has been hailed to be ‘the next Gerrard’ also featured in MK Dons’ historic 4-0 win against Manchester United in the Capital One Cup.

 

Liverpool youngster will be leaving Anfield this summer

The Express has revealed that Liverpool forward and England international Raheem Sterling will be leaving the club this summer, according to talkSPORT.

It is rumoured that Sterling will be making a big money move to Real Madrid after the end of this current season.

The 20-year-old has arguably been Liverpool’s star player this year, as the Reds have begun to show last season’s class once again as of late.

Possible transfer ban

It has already been made public for a while that Real Madrid could soon face a transfer ban similar to La Liga rivals FC Barcelona.

Talks of this have appeared to have halted Madrid’s potential signing of Marco Reus this upcoming summer from Borussia Dortmund, who now looks likely of moving to the Premier League.

It has not been announced whether the current UEFA Champions League holders will face a transfer ban, but if they do what will become of this apparently already done deal?

This apparent deal was brought to life by the radio station known as talkSPORT’s La Liga expert.

A sterling signing

Real Madrid have already showed their intentions of signing young talent this past January Transfer Window, with the signing of 16-year-old Norwegian wonder kid, Martin Odegaard, and now they look to be bringing in one of England’s top young talents.

The Liverpool and England winger was signed by Rafael Benitez from Queens Park Rangers’ Academy in 2010 for a fee of £600,000, and in 2012 made his senior Liverpool debut, aged just 17.

Since his debut Sterling has made 82 appearances for the Merseyside club, and has scored 16 goals in the process. Along with this he has also earned 13 caps for Roy Hodgson’s England side.

With the whole possible transfer embargo against Real Madrid and no word coming from Liverpool as a club itself, this is a definitely a story which is going to have to be tracked and kept an eye on.