Dele Alli has responded to the criticism Jose Mourinho dished out to him in his first few days as Tottenham Hotspur manager. The new Amazon Prime Video series All or Nothing followed Spurs for a season with cameras allowed all access, including fixed cameras in certain offices, including Mourinho's. One conversation shown is the Portuguese's first one-to-one meeting with Alli, having called the midfielder lazy in training. In an Amazon Q&A at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium to promote the show on Tuesday night, with Mourinho present, Alli was asked about that first meeting and how he had been told some home truths. “Of course when someone like Mourinho speaks to you, you listen every time," he said. "It was one of those moments, our first real conversation, where it was just us two in the office. "At the time you don't think about cameras even though they are there. It was the first discussion we had. As a player, I say young but I am not that young any more. In that situation when such a big manager comes in, the situation we were in, of course, you're waiting for the first conversation. "Everyone was waiting to realise and try to get a little taste of what he thinks of you, what he has experienced from another club looking in and seeing you play. Yes it was a real conversation. It means a lot to players when you have that conversation and it is so honest. It is not just them saying what you want to hear. "Sometimes it can be difficult to take, but you realise that it's not a negative conversation. Like he said in some of the clips he's saying it to help and I know that, I am not silly. It is something that stays with you. Watching it back I obviously remember it a lot more. By now I still remember the whole conversation. It comes from a good place. It gives you something to work towards and open your eyes a little bit."
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