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LONDON. — Tottenham Hotspur and England soccer star Dele Alli goes into the international week with a family dispute gathering momentum. Alli’s parents Denise and Kehinde, who split when Dele was three, are pursuing legal action because neither of them signed his first professional forms with MK Dons as a 16-year-old, allegedly in breach of regulations. Since the age of 13, Alli has lived with Alan and Sally Hickford — parents of Harry Hickford, another MK Dons academy player. Alli considers Alan and Sally his mum and dad, but they have never officially adopted him.

The Hickfords’ signatures are on Alli’s MK Dons contract but their status at the time is the loophole being exploited by his parents. — Mailonline.