
Mourinho reveals Ferguson told him to sign Dele Alli as Man Utd manager
Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho has revealed that the only advice he got from Sir Alex Ferguson when he was manager of Manchester United was to sign Dele Alli.
Jose Mourinho made the confession to his chairman Daniel Levy in a meeting which was shown on the Amazon Prime Video documentary All or Nothing.
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The Portuguese coach had just taken over from Mauricio Pochettino as Tottenham boss and was talking about his early impressions of Alli.
He said: "I told already Dele very directly that he doesn't train well, he is not a good trainer. "I am not saying a disaster but I am not saying Harry Kane, Harry Kane is a very good trainer.
"Sir Alex Ferguson gave me only one bit of advice in two and a half years: Buy Dele Alli. 'Th...