Speaking exclusively to FootballFanCast, Gary Mabbutt has urged Tottenham manager Jose Mourinho get the best out of Dele Alli.

The England international has had a difficult start to the season, scoring just once and not even being named in four out of the six match-days squads in the Premier League.

Whilst Mabbutt admitted that the 24-year-old appears to have fallen down the pecking order, he called on Mourinho to show his man-management skills and return the talented midfielder back to his best form.

The Tottenham icon said: "He does seem to have been out of favour a bit this season. Having watched Dele Alli grow as a player from when he first arrived at the club to where he is now, in a game you don’t deserve to win, he can create a bit of magic, he creates that opportunity for you, or scores a goal for you. He has an incredible potential to be a top player."

Mabbutt added: “What the game is all about is getting a great squad of players together, and having a manager who can man-manage each individual player, to get the best out of him.

“With players like Dele Alli, he [Jose] has to manage that situation very carefully and make sure he manages it in the correct manner. If he feels that the attitude isn’t correct, he has to be the one that works with Dele Alli to get that attitude where it needs to be to make him the player the club wants him to be, and the player he wants to be himself."

On his day, Alli is an undoubted game-changer. Despite still only being 24, he has already amassed an impressive total of 63 goals and 55 assists in his 228 games for the club.

The £100k-a-week star is going through a serious rough patch, but in Mourinho, he's got a manager who will continue to demand the best from him.

Spurs already seeing the fruits of the Portuguese man's style of working through Tanguy Ndombele, who looks to have come back into the reckoning after some serious doubts last season.

Now, it's Alli and Mourinho's turn to work things out together.