Besiktas chief Ahmet Nur Cebi has insisted that they won’t be pursuing another move for Everton flop Dele Alli this summer, after his disappointing spell at the club this season.
The Besiktas president has been quoted by Bein Sports in Turkey commenting on the Everton midfielder after his loan spell with the Turkish side came to an end.
Alli was shipped out to the club to much fanfare last summer when it was made clear he was not a part of Everton’s plans moving forwards, despite having only joined from Tottenham in the January transfer window.
The hope was that he could revalue himself in the Super Lig and potentially secure a permanent move but that has not proven to be the case as he has spent much of the campaign failing to live up to expectations.
Indeed, he was eventually left out of the squad altogether by the manager and Besiktas even tried to cancel his loan deal early in January such was their disappointment.
He’s now set to return to return to Everton and Cebi has hit out at the move, insisting they never got the player they thought they were getting.
“Our contract with Dele Alli is over,” he said.
“He was a player we were very excited about when he came. He won’t come back. We didn’t get what we expected from him. I hope he recovers as a human.”