Tottenham's Dele Alli set for new £20,000-a-week deal after outstanding start to Spurs career

New deal: Dele Alli is set to double his 10,000-a-week deal at Tottenham
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Tom Collomosse6 January 2016

Dele Alli is set to be handed a new contract after making a spectacular start to his career at Tottenham.

The 19-year-old midfielder earns about £10,000-per-week and can expect to see that figure at least doubled as Spurs move to reward their player for his outstanding form.

Tottenham have a record of improving the terms of players who perform well. Since July 2014, Harry Kane has signed two new deals, elevating his salary dramatically to about £50,000 a week.

Kane’s latest agreement ties him to Spurs until the summer of 2020 and he is likely to be offered another fresh contract at the end of the campaign, moving him into line with the club’s top earners. In the current first-team squad, Erik Lamela, Hugo Lloris and Mousa Dembele are thought to be at the top of the tree, collecting between £70-80,000 a week.

Before he moved to Real Madrid for a world-record £86million in the summer of 2013, Gareth Bale signed new contracts with the club in May 2010, March 2011 and June 2012.

When Alli signed for Spurs from Milton Keynes Dons one year ago, he was given a five-and-a-half-year contract. Any new deal is likely to run until the summer of 2021.

Alli’s impact at White Hart Lane has been remarkable. He was initially loaned back to MK Dons for the second half of last season and when he linked up permanently with Spurs ahead of this season, he was not expected to become a first-team regular immediately.

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Six months later, Alli is one of the most important players in Mauricio Pochettino’s team, and he has won four caps for England, scoring his first goal for them in the 2-0 friendly win over France in November.

He has five goals in 25 appearances for Spurs, including two brilliant volleys in the 1-1 draws with Everton and West Brom, and has shone both as a No10 — operating just behind Kane — and in a deeper midfield role.

Although Tottenham’s pay structure does not compare with those of the wealthiest Premier League clubs, Spurs are keen to show their best young players that their work is appreciated. In 2015 alone, Kane, Ryan Mason, Nabil Bentaleb and Eric Dier all signed new contracts.

Asked about the future of players like Kane and Alli earlier in the season, Pochettino said: “If you are successful the club gives you what you deserve.

“This club always pay their players a good salary. It is step by step. We need to stay calm but if you deserve a new contract, the club will give it to you.”

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