Dele Alli is set to be handed a new contract after making a spectacular start to his career at Tottenham.

The 19-year-old midfielder earns about £10,000-per-week and can expect to see that figure at least doubled as Spurs move to reward their player for his outstanding form.

Tottenham have a record of improving the terms of players who perform well. Since July 2014, Harry Kane has signed two new deals, elevating his salary dramatically to about £50,000 a week.

Kane’s latest agreement ties him to Spurs until the summer of 2020 and he is likely to be offered another fresh contract at the end of the campaign, moving him into line with the club’s top earners. In the current first-team squad, Erik Lamela, Hugo Lloris and Mousa Dembele are thought to be at the top of the tree, collecting between £70-80,000 a week.

Before he moved to Real Madrid for a world-record £86million in the summer of 2013, Gareth Bale signed new contracts with the club in May 2010, March 2011 and June 2012.

When Alli signed for Spurs from Milton Keynes Dons one year ago, he was given a five-and-a-half-year contract. Any new deal is likely to run until the summer of 2021.

Alli’s impact at White Hart Lane has been remarkable. He was initially loaned back to MK Dons for the second half of last season and when he linked up permanently with Spurs ahead of this season, he was not expected to become a first-team regular immediately.

In Focus: Dele Alli 5 show all In Focus: Dele Alli 1/5 Personality: 4/5 Making a jump from League One to the Premier League would intimidate many players. Not Alli, who has made it clear he feels he belongs at this level. In his first top-flight start — a 1-0 win at Sunderland in September — Alli produced a display brimming with confidence. “He has a very poorly developed sense of fear,” his former manager at Milton Keynes Dons, Karl Robinson, told Standard Sport. Tottenham are trying to protect Alli from excessive media exposure but when he does speak, he is unruffled and thoughtful. He has integrated well in the dressing room, where he is particularly close to Eric Dier, Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane. 2/5 Technique: 4/5 It is hard to see a weakness in Alli’s game here. He is naturally right-footed but his left side is strong, too. His vision is excellent, his control superb. It is usually rare for a player to score one goal per season of the quality of Alli’s against Everton — when he controlled Toby Alderweireld’s long pass to volley past keeper Tim Howard, not to mention his wonder goal against Crystal Palace. One note of caution: Alli can sometimes try one trick too many in his own half, which is perhaps why he is used more regularly in the No10 position at the moment. 2016 Getty Images 3/5 Eye for goal: 5/5 Alli can play as a deep-lying midfielder or just behind a lone forward but he has the instinct of an experienced striker. He has seven goals for club and country this season and most of them have been spectacular. Yet it all comes naturally, as Alli explained after he struck in that victory over Villa. “I judged the ball, judged the play,” he said. “It was natural instinct that the ball was going to drop at the edge of the box, so I delayed my run a bit and luckily it did.” Thanks to that talent, he was in the perfect place to collect Alderweireld’s passes for the goals against West Brom and Everton. 4/5 Versatility: 4/5 It is difficult enough to master a single position in your first season in top-level football. Alli has managed two. “I believe his best position will be as an ‘eight’ [the more attacking of the two central midfielders in the 4-2-3-1 system] but he is a throwback to the type of midfielder who can attack and defend,” Robinson says. Playing in that No8 role, he dominated midfield along with Dier in the 1-1 draw at Arsenal in November and scored a spectacular goal for England against France. As a No10, he combines effectively with Kane, Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela, as well as Son. 2015 The Arsenal Football Club Plc 5/5 Prospects: 5/5 Alli has been compared with Steven Gerrard and he has the potential to emulate the achievements of the former Liverpool captain. If he has enough fuel in the tank, he is a possible star of this summer’s European Championships. “When he was 17, I said he would play for England,” Robinson recalls. “He is talented and fearless but also very humble and grounded. He needs the time and space to grow, mature and become a top player.” Alli is also as ferocious as he is skilful, squaring up to Mark Noble in November after the West Ham midfielder made a late challenge on Kane. His value is already above £30 million and if Tottenham do not progress at the same rate, they may find it difficult to keep Alli in the long term. 1/5 Personality: 4/5 Making a jump from League One to the Premier League would intimidate many players. Not Alli, who has made it clear he feels he belongs at this level. In his first top-flight start — a 1-0 win at Sunderland in September — Alli produced a display brimming with confidence. “He has a very poorly developed sense of fear,” his former manager at Milton Keynes Dons, Karl Robinson, told Standard Sport. Tottenham are trying to protect Alli from excessive media exposure but when he does speak, he is unruffled and thoughtful. He has integrated well in the dressing room, where he is particularly close to Eric Dier, Heung-Min Son and Harry Kane. 2/5 Technique: 4/5 It is hard to see a weakness in Alli’s game here. He is naturally right-footed but his left side is strong, too. His vision is excellent, his control superb. It is usually rare for a player to score one goal per season of the quality of Alli’s against Everton — when he controlled Toby Alderweireld’s long pass to volley past keeper Tim Howard, not to mention his wonder goal against Crystal Palace. One note of caution: Alli can sometimes try one trick too many in his own half, which is perhaps why he is used more regularly in the No10 position at the moment. 2016 Getty Images 3/5 Eye for goal: 5/5 Alli can play as a deep-lying midfielder or just behind a lone forward but he has the instinct of an experienced striker. He has seven goals for club and country this season and most of them have been spectacular. Yet it all comes naturally, as Alli explained after he struck in that victory over Villa. “I judged the ball, judged the play,” he said. “It was natural instinct that the ball was going to drop at the edge of the box, so I delayed my run a bit and luckily it did.” Thanks to that talent, he was in the perfect place to collect Alderweireld’s passes for the goals against West Brom and Everton. 4/5 Versatility: 4/5 It is difficult enough to master a single position in your first season in top-level football. Alli has managed two. “I believe his best position will be as an ‘eight’ [the more attacking of the two central midfielders in the 4-2-3-1 system] but he is a throwback to the type of midfielder who can attack and defend,” Robinson says. Playing in that No8 role, he dominated midfield along with Dier in the 1-1 draw at Arsenal in November and scored a spectacular goal for England against France. As a No10, he combines effectively with Kane, Christian Eriksen and Erik Lamela, as well as Son. 2015 The Arsenal Football Club Plc 5/5 Prospects: 5/5 Alli has been compared with Steven Gerrard and he has the potential to emulate the achievements of the former Liverpool captain. If he has enough fuel in the tank, he is a possible star of this summer’s European Championships. “When he was 17, I said he would play for England,” Robinson recalls. “He is talented and fearless but also very humble and grounded. He needs the time and space to grow, mature and become a top player.” Alli is also as ferocious as he is skilful, squaring up to Mark Noble in November after the West Ham midfielder made a late challenge on Kane. His value is already above £30 million and if Tottenham do not progress at the same rate, they may find it difficult to keep Alli in the long term.

Six months later, Alli is one of the most important players in Mauricio Pochettino’s team, and he has won four caps for England, scoring his first goal for them in the 2-0 friendly win over France in November.

He has five goals in 25 appearances for Spurs, including two brilliant volleys in the 1-1 draws with Everton and West Brom, and has shone both as a No10 — operating just behind Kane — and in a deeper midfield role.

Although Tottenham’s pay structure does not compare with those of the wealthiest Premier League clubs, Spurs are keen to show their best young players that their work is appreciated. In 2015 alone, Kane, Ryan Mason, Nabil Bentaleb and Eric Dier all signed new contracts.

Asked about the future of players like Kane and Alli earlier in the season, Pochettino said: “If you are successful the club gives you what you deserve.

“This club always pay their players a good salary. It is step by step. We need to stay calm but if you deserve a new contract, the club will give it to you.”