Everton midfielder Dele Alli has joined Turkish side Besiktas on loan for the remainder of the 2022-23 season.
The 26-year-old joined Everton from Tottenham in February and started one game in 11 appearances for the Goodison Park club last season.
He has made two substitute outings – in league defeats against Chelsea and Aston Villa – for the Toffees this season.
Alli won the last of his 37 caps for England in 2019.
Besiktas have said they will not pay a loan fee to Everton but there is an option to buy included in the deal.
Alli will be paid a guaranteed 2m euros for the loan plus a maximum of 10,000 euros per game.
A two-time winner of the PFA’s Young Player of the Year award, he did not score or register an assist in 13 games for Frank Lampard’s side.
Besiktas finished sixth in the Turkish Super Lig last season.
The dramatic decline of Dele Alli from the golden boy of English football to lost talent comes into even sharper focus as he leaves Everton for a loan spell at Besiktas after only seven months at Goodison Park.
Dele had the world at his feet when he came through at Tottenham after joining from MK Dons and looked a superstar in waiting when he scored twice and gave a spectacular performance as Real Madrid were beaten 3-1 in the Champions League at Wembley in November 2017.
He figured in England’s team that reached the World Cup semi-final in Russia in 2018 but Dele’s influence and ability has spiralled downward in quite inexplicable fashion ever since.
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