Mauricio Pochettino: Tottenham ace can be surprise package in England's Euro 2016 squad

Dele Alli can make the England squad predicts Mauricio Pochettino

DELE ALLI can go to the European Championships with England if he continues his fine form, believes Mauricio Pochettino.

 

The 19-year-old has impressed since making the move to White Hart Lane from MK Dons, making seven Premier League appearances this term.

The midfielder has similarly stepped up to the mark at international level, and played half an hour in the last qualifier against Lithuania.

And Pochettino admits he has been impressed by his level of maturity, and thinks that if he sticks at it he has every chance of making the squad.

He said: “I am very happy, I watched the second game [Lithuania] and he played many minutes.

 

When pressed on his inclusion in Roy Hodgson’s England squad for Euro 2016, he replied: “This is a question for Roy [Hodsgon] but you never know, in football everything is about performance.

“If he follows in the same way that he has played in the last few months then maybe he will have the opportunity to go.

“It’s not because he’s young, because he’s 19-years-old, I think football is about performance.

“It’s not about name, age it’s about performance and if he follows in the same way then maybe he can have the possibility.”