Bayern Munich are the latest major European club to express an interest in signing Dele Alli.  The German champions are considering making a bid for the Tottenham Hotspur midfielder in the summer, but are aware that they will struggle to prise the 20-year-old away from White Hart Lane in the short term and are viewing him as a long-term project. 

Alli has five years left on his contract at Tottenham, which he signed in September, and the club have made it clear that none of their leading players will be sold until they have spent at least one season at their new stadium, which is due to open in 18 months’ time.  Daniel Levy, the chairman, is believed to value Alli at more than the