Alli, however, is not in this group.
According to his father Kehinde, Dele Alli is a Yoruba prince through his birth.
When Dele Alli first burst onto the scene with Tottenham in the 2015/2016 season, his name quickly struck a chord among Nigerians.
The name ‘Dele” was clearly of Yoruba descent and soon enough it bespoke that he was born to a Nigerian father Kehinde.