Dele Alli's Tottenham future is up in the air after he was again dropped by Jose Mourinho – and Paris Saint-Germain enquired about his availability.

The England star was left out of the travelling squad for the win at Southampton and told to improve his performances.

Alli, 24, was hooked at half-time in the opening defeat and also did not travel for last week's Europa League tie in Bulgaria.

Mourinho claimed he would “probably” return for Tuesday's Carabao Cup tie at Leyton Orient – but refused to say if the attacking midfielder could be loaned out.

“I am not responsible for the market, I don’t know how to answer to you your question in relation to that,” said the Portuguese.

The French champions are interested in Alli (
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“The only thing I can say is I left eight players behind, they stayed training this morning because they are a big group and Dele is amongst these players.

“You could see our team, I cannot start with all of them and I cannot have a bench without defenders or the midfielders. We have too many players for some positions and some of them are paying the price for this."

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“Everything is a puzzle so, in these two matches Dele stayed out, probably Tuesday he will play and others will stay out.”

Tottenham's board are understood to be strongly against selling one of the club's prized assets despite the on-loan arrival of Gareth Bale. But Mourinho declined to give the player his backing yesterday.

Asked if he wanted to keep Alli, he said: “I want a balanced squad. That’s what I want. Can he still be in a balanced squad? Does he need to be sacrificed? No, does he need to be sacrificed? No. But a squad is a puzzle.”

Mourinho revealed in the Amazon Prime documentary 'All Or Nothing' that Sir Alex Ferguson had urged him to sign Alli for Manchester United. But his form has dropped in the last two seasons and he has lost his place in the England squad.

Spurs legend Glenn Hoddle told BT Sport: “If Delle Ali were at the top of his game, he would be in the team. That is what he has got to start doing again.”

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