Tottenham star Dele Alli during the close-season.
Alli has developed into one of Europe's most
sought-after players since moving to White Hart
Lane in 2015 and the England international was
recently crowned PFA Young Player of the Year for
the second season in succession.
The 21-year-old has been heavily linked with Real
Madrid in recent months, but Xavi believes City will
also be in the race for the midfielder due to Pep
Guardiola's desire to bring in English talent.
"I speak with Pep, and I know he thinks it is
important to sign English players," Xavi told The
Sun.
"I am sure in the summer he will look also across
Europe for players to improve the squad, but also I
expect him to look in the Premier League as well.
"At the moment the best English player there is and
also one of the best in Europe is Dele Alli. We are
looking at a very special player.
"Technically he is the sort of player that Pep likes,
the sort of player that suits the style of game that
Pep likes his teams to play.
"I am sure it is not going to be a player that
Tottenham will want to let go, but we know
Manchester City have big resources."
Honoured to be awarded the PFA young
player of the year, couldn't of done it
without my team mates. Not stopping
here, onwards and
upwards pic.twitter.com/mq0ZDfLdF8
— Dele (@Dele_Alli) April 24, 2017
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