{"id":746,"date":"2016-05-26T15:49:07","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T15:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/?p=746"},"modified":"2024-07-18T14:37:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T14:37:14","slug":"englands-next-big-star-dele-alli-becomes-icons-first-summer-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2016\/05\/26\/englands-next-big-star-dele-alli-becomes-icons-first-summer-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"England&#8217;s Next Big Star! Dele Alli Becomes Icons\u2019 First Summer Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"747\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2016\/05\/26\/englands-next-big-star-dele-alli-becomes-icons-first-summer-signing\/zz-dele-alli-icons-signing-session-may-2016_4_1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/zz-dele-alli-icons-signing-session-may-2016_4_1.png\" data-orig-size=\"650,665\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"zz-dele-alli-icons-signing-session-may-2016_4_1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/zz-dele-alli-icons-signing-session-may-2016_4_1-293x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/zz-dele-alli-icons-signing-session-may-2016_4_1.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-747\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/zz-dele-alli-icons-signing-session-may-2016_4_1.png\" alt=\"zz-dele-alli-icons-signing-session-may-2016_4_1\" width=\"650\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/zz-dele-alli-icons-signing-session-may-2016_4_1.png 650w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/zz-dele-alli-icons-signing-session-may-2016_4_1-293x300.png 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>It took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-k\/dele-alli-signed-memorabilia.html\">Dele Alli<\/a> just six months to go from League One side Milton Keynes Dons to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/teams\/national\/england-football-memorabilia.html\">England<\/a>\u2019s next big thing. Six months. Such is the determination and natural talent of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/teams\/premier-league\/tottenham-hotspur-memorabilia.html\">Tottenham Hotspur<\/a>\u2019s fearless box-to-box midfielder, just recently turned 20-years-old, that he has made the step up from third tier terrier to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/teams\/premier-league.html\">topflight<\/a> superstar without skipping a beat.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-k\/dele-alli-signed-memorabilia.html\">Alli<\/a> has a composure and assurance on the ball that belies his age and suggests a burgeoning talent some have already compared to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/teams\/premier-league.html\">Premier League<\/a> legend <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/legends-a-h\/steven-gerrard-signed-memorabilia.html\">Steven Gerrard<\/a>. With ten goals and nine assists in what has been the mother of all breakout seasons,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-k\/dele-alli-signed-memorabilia.html\">Alli<\/a> has been deployed as a defensive midfielder, in a holding role, and shadowed the likes of forwards Harry Kane and Son Heung-Min. For many youngsters looking to forge a long career in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-i\/steven-gerrard-signed-memorabilia.html\">Premier League<\/a>, this constant shifting and tinkering might have been unsettling. But very little appears to faze\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-k\/dele-alli-signed-memorabilia.html\">Alli<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>With this in mind, it came as no surprise to our team that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-k\/dele-alli-signed-memorabilia.html\">Alli<\/a> would breeze into his first ever professional signing session, calm, cool and ready to sign our fantastic range of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/teams\/premier-league\/tottenham-hotspur-memorabilia.html\">Tottenham<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/teams\/national\/england-football-memorabilia.html\">England<\/a>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-k\/dele-alli-signed-memorabilia.html\">shirts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-k\/dele-alli-signed-memorabilia.html\">photos<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/dele-alli-signed-orange-and-black-adidas-ace-15-3-fg-boot.html\">Adidas boots<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/uefa-champions-league.html\">UEFA Champions League balls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ps8qDRIdLng?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-k\/dele-alli-signed-memorabilia.html\">Alli<\/a> signed our fantastic range of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/teams\/premier-league\/tottenham-hotspur-memorabilia.html\">Spurs<\/a> photos, we were reminded of his immediate impact on Pochettino\u2019s exciting young squad this season. It was such a huge impact, in fact, that he won the 2015-16 PFA Young Player of the Year award. It was deserved recognition for a season in which the midfielder impressed so many onlookers, including global superstar and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/teams\/national\/england-football-memorabilia.html\">England<\/a> legend David Beckham.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s just jumping on the bandwagon,\u201d a member of his team joked, with a broad smile spreading across his face. It was the first irreverent comment of an easy-going signing session with one of football\u2019s coolest young talents, who joins the likes\u00a0Lionel Messi Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar Jr and Sergio Aguero in signing with us before the age of 22.<\/p>\n<p>Though\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-k\/dele-alli-signed-memorabilia.html\">Alli<\/a>&#8216;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/teams\/premier-league\/tottenham-hotspur-memorabilia.html\">Spurs<\/a> were unable to catch runaway\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/teams\/premier-league.html\">Premier League<\/a>\u00a0champions Leicester City \u2013 and we can still hardly believe we\u2019re writing those words \u2013 the 2015-16 season will be regarded as one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/teams\/premier-league\/tottenham-hotspur-memorabilia.html\">the North London side<\/a>\u2019s very best. With <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/uefa-champions-league.html\">UEFA Champions League<\/a> qualification secured for 2016-17 and a feel-good factor around the club,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/teams\/premier-league\/tottenham-hotspur-memorabilia.html\">Spurs<\/a> fans could be forgiven for wishing away the summer.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"751\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2016\/05\/26\/englands-next-big-star-dele-alli-becomes-icons-first-summer-signing\/icdass2-dele-alli-back-signed-tottenham-hotspur-2015-16-home-shirt-holding\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ICDASS2-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-Tottenham-Hotspur-2015-16-Home-Shirt-HOLDING.png\" data-orig-size=\"870,890\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ICDASS2-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-Tottenham-Hotspur-2015-16-Home-Shirt HOLDING\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ICDASS2-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-Tottenham-Hotspur-2015-16-Home-Shirt-HOLDING-293x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ICDASS2-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-Tottenham-Hotspur-2015-16-Home-Shirt-HOLDING.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-751\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ICDASS2-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-Tottenham-Hotspur-2015-16-Home-Shirt-HOLDING.png\" alt=\"ICDASS2-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-Tottenham-Hotspur-2015-16-Home-Shirt HOLDING\" width=\"870\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ICDASS2-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-Tottenham-Hotspur-2015-16-Home-Shirt-HOLDING.png 870w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ICDASS2-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-Tottenham-Hotspur-2015-16-Home-Shirt-HOLDING-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ICDASS2-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-Tottenham-Hotspur-2015-16-Home-Shirt-HOLDING-768x786.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>But before the club can embark on a new and exciting season, there is the little matter of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/uefa-champions-league.html\">UEFA EURO 2016<\/a>, a competition to which Roy Hodgson will take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-k\/dele-alli-signed-memorabilia.html\">Alli<\/a>\u00a0and several of his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/teams\/premier-league\/tottenham-hotspur-memorabilia.html\">Spurs<\/a>\u00a0teammates in the hopes of chasing continental glory. And there is quiet optimism both in and around the dressing room.<\/p>\n<p>Just days before Hodgson confirmed the 20-year-old\u2019s place in the provisional 26-man squad for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/uefa-euro-2016.html\">this summer\u2019s festival of football in France<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-k\/dele-alli-signed-memorabilia.html\">Alli<\/a> was keeping himself grounded. Adding his signature to this summer\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/teams\/national\/england-football-memorabilia.html\">England<\/a> home shirt and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/dele-alli-signed-and-framed-england-photo-the-three-lions-rising-star.html\">photos of his appearances against Estonia<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/dele-alli-signed-england-photo-victory-in-berlin.html\">Germany<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-k\/dele-alli-signed-memorabilia.html\">Alli<\/a> assured us he was still just hoping to make the squad, despite being one of only two players rated by the bookmakers as 1\/100 shots to make the plane.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"752\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2016\/05\/26\/englands-next-big-star-dele-alli-becomes-icons-first-summer-signing\/icdaes3-dele-alli-back-signed-england-2015-16-home-shirt-smiling\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ICDAES3-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-England-2015-16-Home-Shirt-SMILING.png\" data-orig-size=\"870,890\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ICDAES3-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-England-2015-16-Home-Shirt SMILING\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ICDAES3-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-England-2015-16-Home-Shirt-SMILING-293x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ICDAES3-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-England-2015-16-Home-Shirt-SMILING.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-752\" src=\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ICDAES3-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-England-2015-16-Home-Shirt-SMILING.png\" alt=\"ICDAES3-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-England-2015-16-Home-Shirt SMILING\" width=\"870\" height=\"890\" srcset=\"https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ICDAES3-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-England-2015-16-Home-Shirt-SMILING.png 870w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ICDAES3-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-England-2015-16-Home-Shirt-SMILING-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/icons.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/ICDAES3-Dele-Alli-Back-Signed-England-2015-16-Home-Shirt-SMILING-768x786.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/uefa-champions-league.html\">EURO 2016<\/a> fever is still very much bubbling under the surface. Major international tournaments will never fail to inspire and excite this football-mad nation but we at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/\">Icons<\/a> can already feel a palpable sense of anticipation that this year may just be the year. If the exploits of Leicester and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-k\/dele-alli-signed-memorabilia.html\">the meteoric rise to fame of our new signing<\/a> have taught us anything about football in 2016, it\u2019s that nothing is impossible.<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s not get ahead of ourselves&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><em>For our full range of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/players\/a-k\/dele-alli-signed-memorabilia.html\">Dele Alli<\/a>\u00a0signed products\u00a0check out <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icons.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">icons.com<\/a> now!<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"post-666\" class=\"post-666 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-auctions category-liverpool category-luis-suarez category-manchester-city category-news category-premier-league category-signed-memorabilia category-social tag-anfield tag-lfc tag-liverpool tag-liverpool-3-2-manchester-city tag-liverpool-fc tag-liverpool-memorabilia tag-luis-suarez tag-man-city tag-manchester-city tag-match-worn tag-signed-and-match-worn tag-signed-liverpool-memorabilia tag-signed-memorabilia tag-signed-shirts tag-signed-suarez-memorabilia tag-suarez\">\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p><em>Follow Icons on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iconsfootball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/icons_football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/icons_memorabilia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> for all our\u00a0latest blog posts,\u00a0<em>special\u00a0offers<\/em> and competitions.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It took Dele Alli just six months to go from League One side Milton Keynes Dons to England\u2019s next big thing. Six months. Such is the determination and natural talent of Tottenham Hotspur\u2019s fearless box-to-box midfielder, just recently turned 20-years-old, that he has made the step up from third tier terrier to topflight superstar without&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more navbutton\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2016\/05\/26\/englands-next-big-star-dele-alli-becomes-icons-first-summer-signing\/\">Read More<i class=\"fa fa-angle-double-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-signing-sessions"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfQcey-c2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1423,"url":"https:\/\/www.icons.com\/news\/2017\/11\/05\/win-a-framed-boot-signed-by-dele\/","url_meta":{"origin":746,"position":0},"title":"CLOSED | WIN a framed boot signed by Dele!","author":"Icons.com","date":"November 5, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Guess what? 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