Dele Alli can become Spurs leader, says Pochettino

Mauricio Pochettino is backing Dele Alli to become a future leader at Tottenham as his team prepare to face Liverpool — the club Alli almost joined.

Alli supported Liverpool as a boy and came so close to moving to Anfield in 2014 that he was driven up to meet then-manager Brendan Rodgers, along with his childhood hero Steven Gerrard.

However, Gerrard, never showed up and Liverpool dithered, allowing Tottenham to jump in and sign the midfielder from MK Dons in January 2015.