Tottenham have told Dele Alli to fight for his place and are expected to resist a loan approach for him in the winter transfer window.
Paris Saint-Germain are interested in signing Alli following failed attempts to sign him on loan in the summer.
Reports on Sunday suggest Tottenham will grant a permanent move but would consider a six-month loan.
However, club sources have told Sky Sports News they do not want the midfielder to leave on loan.
Alli, 24, has scored two goals in his eight appearances this season but has not started a Premier League game since the home defeat to Everton on the opening weekend of the season.
His last top-flight appearance was as a substitute in the 6-1 win at Manchester United more than two months ago.
Alli was an unused substitute in Thursday's 2-0 Europa League win over Royal Antwerp and briefly departed down the tunnel when it became apparent he was not going to get on the pitch before returning several minutes later towards the end of the game.
Afterwards Jose Mourinho was forced to defend his player's action. "Let's not run away from the reality, a player on the bench who realises with five changes he is not one of them, of course he is not a happy player and I wouldn't expect him to be," said the Spurs boss.
"But every player who is on the bench, or leaves the pitch in cold weather with me, they can go to the dressing room and I even prefer if that happened."
Alli, who reached double figures for goals in his first three seasons in the Premier League following his move from MK Dons in 2015, is yet to make his position clear.
Yupakmnsu
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Trust me, Dele Ali is the worst player ever I have seen in last decade
suwbiklmos
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Give him a chance
epjo
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JOSE Mourinho hates you even when he was at UNITED so is good idea find your better place, rather rote in a BENCH
Dnlafar
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tottenham spurs seems to winning thier long waited PL Trophy with Special One Jose.
Jkeys
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Is hard to believe that ALLI who was a star when 20, is now an outcast at that very club.
messivv
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is he leaving
maxm70
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Exactly, that's what Dele Alli should be doing is fighting for his place in the team. He really can be number 1 at his position if he really works hard for it.
gogobarca
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transfer
HERMANNO19
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Most of our games where Delle started, we lost and it doesn't seem like he cares much to fight his way in the starting lineup.
jecbcinuy
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He is one if our future player and so please gives him times to regains his great ability fo what he had shown us for over five years ago and please be patients because we don't wanna offloads him from our beloved Club or otherwise we will regrets our actions and eat our woeds and blames our faults..
Hon_Bohys26
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He looks like hes been sniffing cocaine recently
kayapeople
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The best options for any Player willing to improve