The summer transfer window may have closed, but with the season well underway managers can identify their team's weaknesses and search for potential additions in January...
Spurs have been in touch with the League One club about Alli while Arsenal and Manchester United also have extensive reports on the England Under-19 star who is a Liverpool fan.
Louis van Gaal aims to help solve Manchester United's defensive problems with a cut-price move for Aston Villa skipper Ron Vlaar in January.
Van Gaal, who accepts that long-term targets like Borussia Dortmund's Mats Hummels are usually never available mid-season, believes he could grab Vlaar for a fee of around £4m in January.
Manchester City have joined the battle with United to lure Cristiano Ronaldo away from Real Madrid.
United are the frontrunners to land their old ace but with UEFA officials set to step up their determination to enforce financial fair play rules at a summit tomorrow, the Red Devils, who still owe £350m from the Glazer family's purchase of the club, could be barred from bidding for their former pin-up boy.
Liverpool are close to a £9m deal for Dele Alli [GETTY]
"Hamburg could have bought Bale for £5m because, of course, he was not playing at that moment," former Spurs boss Martin Jol said.
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Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli has been labelled as a 'rotten apple' by AC Milan owner Silvio Berlusconi, who claims he never wanted to sign him.
"I remember he was bought against my advice," Berlusconi said. We no longer have a rotten apple in the dressing room."
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