Dele Alli has been retained by Tottenham despite the offer of a loan deal from Paris St-Germain while it has emerged that Giovani Lo Celso will be out for at least a further three weeks because of a hamstring injury. Lo Celso was forced off during the 2-0 home defeat against Leicester on 20 December and it has been clear for some time that the problem is complicated. José Mourinho is now resigned to being without the midfielder for the majority of this month and the fear is that it could be longer than that. Lo Celso’s injury was a factor in Spurs’s reluctance to loan out Alli, as was the difficulty in signing a replacement for him during the mid-season window.