Tottenham transfer news: Spurs ready to give Dele Alli £100,000-a-week to ward off Real Madrid

DANIEL LEVY is ready to break his strict wage structure to keep Dele Alli at Tottenham, according to reports.

Alli, 20, has been linked with Real Madrid and Barcelona in recent weeks after hitting top form under Mauricio Pochettino.

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And Levy, who has implemented a wage cap that sees Spurs players paid much less than their rivals, will break it to keep the star.

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Levy has shown reluctance in recent years to go over the £100,000-a-week barrier.

But this season both Harry Kane and Hugo Lloris have been given new deals that pay that amount.

According to the Daily Mail, Alli will be the next one to join that club.

The 20-year-old has been attracting huge interest from clubs around the world in the last month.

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Real Madrid and Barcelona have both been linked – while Alli also turned down an eye-watering £800,000-a-week offer to move to China.

Alli has fired Spurs to third in the Premier League, seven points off leaders Chelsea, after scoring seven goals in his last four matches – Poch’s team have won five in a row.

He also provided a match-winning spark off the bench in the FA Cup win over Aston Villa at the weekend.

Alli was on just £3,500 when Spurs signed him from MK Dons in February 2015.

Since then he has signed improved deals that took him to £12,000-a-week, then £25,000-a-week.

He again signed a new deal in September, a six-year contract that runs until the end of 2022 and took him up to £55,000 weekly.

He said at the time: “I’m happy to be here and playing at Tottenham.

“Personally I can’t think of anywhere better, with the fans, the manager we’ve got here and the young team. It’s a great place to be.”

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Tottenham’s wage bill is 2016 was more than half as much as what London rivals Chelsea spent.

The Blues, according to Deloitte, spent £217million on player wages in 2016, while Spurs paid out £107m.