DELE ALLI has been left out of Everton’s Premier League squad following the end of his contract last season.
The 28-year-old midfielder had reportedly been working towards gaining a new deal with the Toffees, after being named on the club’s retained list in May, but remains unemployed.
But Alli has been offered a lifeline as there remains hope for a space to open up in Everton’s 23-man squad .
According to Prem rules, free agents can join the squad after the deadline if less than 25 players have been named.
With Youssef Chermiti, Roman Dixon and Harrison Armstrong classed as youth, there is room on the first-team list of free agents.
Any Prem squad with 25 players or more cannot add free agents until the next registration window in January.
Alli made just 13 appearances for Everton in two-and-a-half years and didn’t feature once in the previous campaign due to fitness issues.
But he continued to train with Everton, who have remained supportive, at Finch Farm despite technically being a free agent.
Dyche suggested in August that Alli could play his way into a new deal if he impresses in some behind-closed-doors friendlies.
After leaving Tottenham for Everton in January 2022, Alli joined Turkish team Besiktas on a season-long loan with an option to buy eight months later.
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He has not played competitively at all since he was substituted at half-time for Besiktas in a goalless draw against Antalyaspor in February 2023 and returned to Everton last summer.
In July 2023, Alli bravely opened up on his mental health battle after previously revealing his childhood trauma over being abused and selling drugs.
The 37-capped England international also went to rehab for a sleeping pill addiction.
But Alli told Monday Night Football that he was getting back to a better place.
He said: “I’m doing really well, it’s been nearly a year now. I’m feeling good, obviously injured which is disappointing.
“I think when I did that interview that I’d said it was the best I’d felt at that time, obviously coming out of rehab and getting ready to be back playing.
“It’s been tough but it’s a journey I’ve been on and I’m enjoying it and just waiting to get back now.
“The reaction and support that I got was obviously overwhelming.
“It was amazing to see how many people that did help and I’m definitely very proud of it.”
At his pomp, Alli looked to have the world at his feet after scoring 67 goals and providing 58 assists in 269 games for Spurs.
Meanwhile, Dyche’s own job is safe for now after a vote of confidence from the Everton board following three defeats from three this season.
NOTHING stays the same forever.
And that includes the Premier League, which is making a number of tweaks this season.
Team news will now be released 75 MINUTES before kick-off, 15 minutes earlier than had been the case before.
Things could get crowded on the touchline, with the number of substitutes permitted to warm-up boosted from three players per team to FIVE.
There’s also a change to how added time is calculated when a team scores a goal, an update to the ‘multiball’ system and the introduction of semi-automated offsides – but not straight away.
Go here to read about all the changes to the Premier League for 2024/25.
NEW mum Emily Atack gave fans an insight into her first family holiday with her son as she stripped to a swimsuit in the Spanish sunshine.
The Inbetweeners actress, 34, welcomed her first child with her scientist boyfriend Dr Alistair Garner in June.
Now Emily has captured their adorable antics with little Barney, aged two months, on the fun family snaps overseas posted to Instagram.
The comedienne was seen posing in a bright blue and white swimsuit as she posed on a sun-soaked hotel balcony.
She left her blonde hair in natural waves and went make-up free for the snap, which she posted along with a thought-provoking quotation from Titanic actress Kate Winslet.
It read: “I’m more comfortable in myself as each year passes.
“It enables me to allow the opinions of others to evaporate.”
Meanwhile, she added a separate grid post to mark their overseas getaway.
Images captured her cuddling the tot close while they snuggled on a balcony as well as proud dad Alistair playing with the tot poolside.
Emily then donned a blue printed bikini as she enjoyed a cuddle with her man before they headed for a stroll down a picturesque Spanish street.
The I’m A Celeb favourite also captured her man floating on a li-lo in the pool before taking an image of the sun setting as she enjoyed a brew.
In her caption, she wrote: “A week of sun, sea and Barney in his nappy x”
She tagged their location as Mojacar, in south-east Spain.
One follower was quick to gush: “Pure joy,” while another posted: “Heaven.”
A third then wrote: “You look happy, relaxed, and loved up. You go girl!”
Emily previously shared a sweet video showing her singing to Barney a month after his birth.
She also looked smitten with the tot as she stepped out on home turf for a day out in London.
Yet her happiness may be marred by claims she could be axed from The Inbetweeners reunion.
The allegations centre on her bitter ex and co-star, James Buckley.
The stars are already in talks for a comeback, most likely to be a movie, yet Emily’s character Charlotte Hinchcliffe may not have a starring role.
Off-screen, Emily had “a couple of snogs” with Jay Cartwright actor James Buckley, who is then said to have blocked her from taking part in the 10th anniversary reunion in 2019.
A source at the time told The Sun: “Emily got a call from producers 24 hours before she was due on set.
“They were deeply embarrassed and apologetic. They had to explain that James had asked she be taken off the show.”
ames allegedly didn’t want it to become a major issue on the reunion set, or with his wife Clair.
“The kissing meant nothing to Emily and has never been an issue for her,” said the source. “She was very taken aback to be told she wasn’t needed, and genuinely gutted.
“She thought everything was good to go, and was looking forward to reuniting with the guys.”
EAMONN Holmes cuddles up to his glamorous new girlfriend in a proud display of public affection while on holiday in Ibiza.
The TV legend, 64, slapped his hand on Katie Alexander’s bottom after disembarking from a Virgin cruise ship.
The loved-up couple were dressed to the nines, with blonde bombshell Katie, 42, pictured in a £315 designer black mini dress, £665 Christian Louboutin heels, and clutching a £850 Loewe raffia bag.
But they were forced to wait an hour outside for their taxi to arrive, leaving Eamonn swamped by female admirers requesting selfies.
Katie was seen stepping forward to her man to support him in his wheelchair, before the telly presenter pulled her close to him.
They were eventually whisked off with some pals where they enjoyed the night at a restaurant with red wine on the menu at £500.
Days before Eamonn posed with a group of dolled-up women onboard the Scarlet Lady while wearing a pair of red-heart sunglasses.
Last week The Sun on Sunday revealed that Eamonn was taking Katie on a luxury holiday, which left his estranged wife Ruth Langsford, 64, ‘gobsmacked’.
The following day Eamonn was seen in an electric wheelchair at Heathrow Airport and the new couple then landed in Barcelona, Spain, to board Virgin Voyager’s luxurious cruise.
While Eamonn enjoyed an evening in Ibiza with Katie, Ruth shared on Instagram that her son Jack Holmes, 22, had ordered her favourite curry.
Speaking on social media from her Surrey home on Friday night, she said: “So my son ordered my takeaway so it was here when I got home – love him for that.”
Ruth and Eamonn shocked the nation in May when they revealed they had split up after 14 years of marriage.
Meanwhile Eamonn has been plagued by a series of health problems in recent years that have led to him requiring walking aids.
He had a double hip replacement in 2016. Last year, he had back surgery which has left him using a wheelchair.
And in January he broke his shoulder in a fall. Four months later we revealed he had split with Ruth.