Hot on the heels of Christian Eriksen’s new contract, Tottenham are preparing to three current members of the starting XI to new long term deals.
The Evening Standard reports that Danny Rose, Eric Dier and Dele Alli will receive improved deals in the near future.
All three players are currently in contract — indeed, Alli just signed a new one in January, while Dier did the same last summer — but in light of the club’s success and possible interest from elsewhere, Mauricio Pochettino is confident the club can sweeten their deals and thus keep them at the club for the foreseeable future.
Of the three, Rose has been with the club for the longest. He joined from Leeds United’s youth academy in 2007, ascended through Tottenham’s youth ranks and then endured a series of loans before becoming the club’s first choice left-back. An England call up followed, and coming into this season he is widely considered among the best players in his position in the Premier League.
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Dier and Alli’s arcs with the club are shorter but no less dramatic.
When he first arrived from Sporting Lisbon in 2014, Dier slid into the side as long term cover at centre-back. Circumstances in the following season saw him split time between centre-back and right-back however, and it appeared he was shaping up to be a utility man, able to cover multiple positions but never quite an automatic starter.
Pochettino’s decision to field Dier in midfield last term was both risky and inspired, and it changed everything. The 22-year-old worked hard to live up to his manager’s faith and eventually secured the role all to himself. He, too, earned an England call up on the back of a fantastic 2015/16 season.
If Rose and Dier’s rise to the top was surprising, then Alli’s was a shock. The 19-year-old came into Tottenham in the summer of 2015 and, within months, was a regular starter for Pochettino’s side.
He owed a lot to conveniently timed injuries and dense schedules, but Alli’s talent was evident almost from his first touch. He would go on to score ten goals in the Premier League and set up nine assists, production that also earned him an England call up for this summer’s European Championship.
Together these players represent a sizable chunk of Tottenham’s core. Rose is getting older, but both Dier and Alli still presumably have years before they peak. Locking them in now to improved deals only makes practical sense. Like re-signing Eriksen, getting their long term commitments is as good or better than signing players fresh off the transfer market.
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