Paris Saint-Germain are confident Dele Alli wants to join the club as talks with Tottenham continue over a 12-month loan deal.
Alli started the opening game of the season against Everton but was hauled off at half-time and then left out of the trips to Lokomotiv Plovdiv and Southampton.
The arrival of Gareth Bale on a season-long loan deal from Real Madrid has also intensified competition for places and forced Alli out of the first team picture.
However, Mourinho’s ruthless decision to not name him in his squad has come as a shock to both Alli and his Spurs team-mates.
The England international has struggled for consistency over the past two seasons but has been a regular since Jose Mourinho replaced Mauricio Pochettino.
According to the Telegraph, PSG are now the favourites to be his next club, though the two sides are only discussing a loan move rather than a permanent deal.
Spurs chairman Daniel Levy is thought to prefer a loan move, in the knowledge that Alli’s value has suffered through a combination of poor form and a depressed transfer market.
PSG have a good relationship with Spurs having sold Lucas Moura and Serge Aurier to the Premier League side in recent years and that could help them to clinch a deal before the transfer deadline on October 5.
Alli still has four years left on the contract extension he signed back in 2018 and Spurs are hopeful a loan move will help him to recapture his best form.
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