Estranged sister of Tottenham star, Dele Alli, has called for the England midfielder to heal his rift with his family.
Alli doesn’t speak to his parents and older sister, Barbara Johnson, has posted on her Instagram page begging the Spurs man to get back in touch.
“We all miss you and love you dearly, we not after your money or your fame we just want are (sic) little #Delbot back, love you lots like jelly tots,” the 26-year-old wrote on Thursday.
Ms Johnson, 26, runs an Instagram page dedicated to charting her younger brother’s career.
Alli, 20, was born to Nigerian dad, Kehinde, and British mum, Denise, but both revealed earlier in the week that they “just want their son back” – who they’ve not seen since he moved from Milton Keynes Dons to Spurs in early 2015.
While his mother disclosed she is “miserable” at not having a part in his life, his multi millionaire entrepreneur father said he even paid for a stadium tour at Tottenham’s White Hart Lane in his efforts to see him.
Sharing a link to her parent’s story, Johnson wrote: “What a heartbreaking story, hope you read this bro.”
The parents split up when Alli was a child but have come back together to try to re-establish their relationship with their son.
Denise, 53, who has two other children, told the Sunday Mirror: “He (Alli) refuses to speak to me and it feels like he’s been taken from us. But I won’t give up on getting him back.”
She added she was “not interested” in his money and would “love him if he worked at McDonald’s”.
Alli, born in 1996, grew up in Milton Keynes after his mother and father met a year before in a nightclub.
The couple married but broke up three years later, although they maintained a ‘close’ relationship for the sake of the children.
Mr Alli, 47, moved back to Lagos, Nigeria, in 2004, and Dele – who is said to be a Yoruba prince – went with him.
He also moved with his father when he went to Texas, US, for work, and is even understood to have been best man at Mr Alli’s wedding when he re-married in 2006, before returning to the UK aged 11 to live with his mother and focus on his football.
The star has taken to wearing Dele on his shirt after previously saying he feels no connection to his surname.
He is understood to have changed his phone number and moved house since leaving Milton Keynes for Tottenham.
His mother told the Mirror she approached him after a game only for the footballer to say he was busy.
She added: “It has been said that I was suffering from alcoholism and I gave him up because I couldn’t look after him, but that is a lie.
“I wanted to give him the best chance of achieving his dream, but he was still my son and I was there for him whenever he needed me.”
Mr Alli added: “I know some people will think we just want him for his money, but it couldn’t be further from the truth. I’m very wealthy in my own right and I don’t need a penny from Dele. I just want to be here for him and for him to know that I love him.”
Alli has been one of England’s brightest youngsters in recent times having broken into the Three Lions team and winning the PFA Young Player of the Year Award in 2016.
