The estranged sister of Tottenham star Dele Alli, Barbara Johnson 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.
She posted a picture of the Mirror’s story with Alli’s parents, Barbara posted: “What a heartbreaking story, hope you read this bro @delealli36.
“We all miss you and love you dearly, we are not after your money or your fame we just want our little #Delbot back, love you lots like jelly tots xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.”
Barbara’s Instagram page is fully dedicated to her brother, and is named ‘deleallisnumber1fan’.
Alli moved out of his family home aged 13 with his mother.
Mum Denise told the Sunday Mirror: “I just do not understand what we have done wrong.
“He 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.
“I’m a very miserable person because I get so sad that Dele is missing out on his family and we’re missing out on him.
“I want to be able to hug him and let him know we all love him to bits.
“I’m not interested in his money, I’d love him the same if he worked in McDonald’s. We just want our son back.”
He won the prestigious PFA Young Player of the Year award at the end of last season and is now being linked with a mega-money move to Spanish giants Real Madrid.
The Spurs midfielder was best man in 2006 at his father’s wedding to second wife Lola
Mum Denise denies claims she couldn’t look after Dele because she was an alcoholic. But while his career has rocketed since leaving home-town club Milton Keynes Dons, his relationship with his parents has completely broken down. Dele Alli’s parents are no longer together, but met for interview in a bid to patch up their relationship with their son.
Both Kehinde and Denise have made a series of desperate attempts to see Dele at Tottenham games, at the training ground and even by joining stadium tours.
Dele was born in Milton Keynes, Bucks, in April 1996 just over a year after his parents first met in a nightclub. At the time Kehinde, originally from Nigeria, was studying for a Masters at De Montfort University.
Kehinde says: “It was hard for me to let him go but I knew it was the best thing for him and his ambition.”