Ex-Tottenham Hotspur and Everton midfielder Dele Alli is being lined up for a shock return to a former club, according to SportsBoom.
But rather than rejoining Spurs or the Toffees in the coming weeks, the 29-year-old could instead be on his way back to the club where he made his name, MK Dons.
Alli's career since leaving the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in 2022 has been nothing short of a disaster, with the Englishman leaving Como in September 2025 having made only one appearance for the Serie A club, which came a year earlier.
Alli is running out of opportunities to revive his career, but returning to Milton Keynes might be exactly what he needs.
Alli Has Had Interest From La Liga Clubs
Despite attracting interest from four Spanish top-flight clubs including Elche, according to SportsBoom, Alli is actually considering rejoining MK Dons as he looks to rebuild his career.
For many years with Tottenham and England, Alli looked like he was going to be a star in the Premier League and internationally for many years, before his form dropped massively following the 2019-20 season for Spurs.
The 29-year-old has never really recovered and underwhelming spells with Everton and Besiktas followed, before the latest disaster with Como under the leadership of Cesc Fabregas.
But he is wanted by MK Dons, with the Kuwaiti consortium-owned club chasing promotion back to League One this season.
The club currently lie one point outside the automatic promotion places, and the addition of Alli would provide the whole club with a big boost in the remaining weeks of the season.
Alli was a key part of the Dons side who won promotion to the Championship in 2015, before he earned a £5m move to Tottenham, leaving the club seven years later after scoring 67 goals in 269 appearances for Spurs.
Where Did it All go Wrong for Alli?
Alli's decline is one of the biggest disappointments in English football in recent years.
Things clearly started to go wrong at Tottenham when Jose Mourinho was in charge, with the Portuguese manager honestly telling Alli he would regret it if he didn't reach his potential in a famous scene on the 'All or Nothing' documentary.
His situation off the pitch was clearly affecting him on it, and Alli has later revealed that he had an addiction to sleeping pills, while the childhood abuse he suffered had led him to check into rehab.
Everyone will be hoping that Alli's next move works out and we start to see glimpses of the player who impressed so many in his peak at Tottenham.