Dele Alli and Jose Mourinho met in Tottenham colours for the first time yesterday after Mauricio Pochettino was sacked. Mourinho replaced Pochettino, who Alli described as a “friend”, as Spurs boss on Wednesday morning in a whirlwind 12 hours at the club. The former Chelsea and Manchester United boss took his first training session at Enfield in the afternoon following his appointment ahead of the side’s lunchtime kick-off against West Ham on Saturday. But attacking midfielder Alli may have been feeling nervous this morning after a tweet, which appeared to posted by him, emerged having a go at Mourinho back in 2012.

Surely I can’t be the only one who thinks Mourinho is overrated and too cocky... I’m glad I’ll never have to work with him Dele Alli

“Surely I can’t be the only one who thinks Mourinho is overrated and too cocky,” a 15-year-old Alli was supposed to have wrote. “It just makes you look like a bad manager. “I’m glad I’ll never have to work with him.” At that point Alli was making his way through the MK Dons youth ranks at the time while Mourinho was leading Real Madrid to La Liga glory. The screenshot of the tweet which has gone viral is fake, however, with one giveaway aspect being that it includes over 140 characters which was not possible in 2012.

Tottenham ace Alli blasted 'overrated, cocky' Jose Mourinho in tweet that could haunt him

Dele Alli's tweet from seven years ago is not too flattering of Jose Mourinho

Mourinho is known to keep tabs on the social media activity of his players, which came to prevalence in his ill-fated third season in charge at United. The tactician was seen engaging in a confrontation with Pogba after it appeared the midfielder has posted a jovial video following the Red Devils’ Carabao Cup loss to Derby County, although the lack of WiFi, in fact, made the in-game post go live after the result. The Special One was seen playfully nudging Alli before the pair held a discussion and then shared a hug. In Mourinho's first interview as Spurs head coach he said: “What can I promise? Passion – for my job, but also passion for my club.

Dele Alli and Jose Mourinho seemed in good spirits as they chatted on Wednesday morning

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