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- Updated: October 6, 2016
England’s Kyle Walker says Tottenham team-mate Dele Alli needs to “keep it simple” in what is a make-or-break season.
Alli followed in the footsteps of Walker in winning the PFA Young Player of the Year award at the end of the 2015-16 campaign, and the pair were both selected for England’s squad for Euro 2016, where the national side crashed out against Iceland in the first knockout round.
After a disappointing end to a successful season on a personal level, in which Alli scored 10 Premier League goals, Walker believes the current campaign will prove just how good Alli is.
“It’s vital,” Walker said ahead of England’s World Cup qualifier against Malta on Saturday. “I can remember when I got the Young Player of the Year, to follow it on the next season makes you a very good player or a very average player.
“He’s doing it tremendously well. From a young age, the weight on his shoulders, he deals with it in his stride.
“I always say he looks like …