Bamidele Alli Injuries

'Factually, he's come back with a proper injury that's going to take some time to get sorted. He needs to get his injury right, and we'll go from there because it's not going to be a week - it's going to be a number of weeks.' 'He is well in himself, but he is not over his injury. We are miles away from [being considered for the first team]. He is feeling good, and now we will be working with him, on top of that, to make sure the injury is right.' 'Dele has had a setback. He is well in himself, but he had a setback just when he was training, so that wasn't ideal. He needs a bit of time, and he's got time to get well on and off the pitch.' 'I spoke to him today, and he is feeling better about things. Dele is getting back on the grass slowly but surely.' 'Dele (Alli) and Seamus (Coleman) are still a bit of time away, but they're on the grass with the physios - so that's good - but not working with us.' 'Dele still has some time to go; he's just back on the grass now, but he's in a good place. I spoke to him the other day.' 'It's good to see Dele back on the grass. It's tentative at the moment with the sports science side of things - as regards not joining in with us, but he's joined in a couple of warm-ups - and he's just feeling his way back in.' 'We're monitoring his situation and are trying the best we can. That's what I mean. We're getting him assessed for an injury.' 'Unfortunately, the year isn't ending as I would have hoped. I had been close to returning to full training, but frustratingly, I've had another setback with my injury. I'll be out again for [a] short while.' 'There was a bit of a debate as to whether to [operate] or not, which is why it took some time, so now he'll be recovering from that. There are no timescales [but] the early signs are good.' 'Dele's focus is just getting fit. Obviously, he's got a period [to go]. We're not worrying about when, just, first things first, get fit. That's all we're looking for him to do, and that's all he's looking to do.' 'Dele’s contract is coming to an end, but our medical team will continue to support him while he completes the intensive rehab programme he is currently undergoing following the operation he had earlier this year.' 'Dele is getting closer but has still a bit to go with his fitness.' 'Dele is getting fitter but only really just breaking into training. Forgetting about the contact situation, he’s generally with us and getting fitter.' 'For me, the main thing first is just getting him truly fit. He's in and around it so we'll wait and see.' 'He is not ready to play yet, he has not played in a long time.'