Jose Mourinho is 'convinced' Dele Alli will still be a Tottenham player by the end of the transfer window.
The England international has been left out of Tottenham's last two matchday squads against Southampton and Lokomotiv Plovdiv with Paris Saint-Germain among the clubs interested in his services.
Alli could play in Thursday night when Spurs take on Macedonian outfit Shkendija as they look to take one step closer to the group stages of the Europa League.
Speaking ahead of that contest, Mourinho was confident he 24-year-old will remain part of his squad.
Asked if Alli will be at Spurs by the end of the transfer window, Mourinho told Sky Sports News: "I believe [he will]. I can even say that I'm convinced that he will be."
Speaking at a press conference earlier on Wednesday afternoon, Mourinho said: "Something we all know [is that] since Dele arrived from MK Dons he had ups and downs: fabulous periods and other periods where he disappeared from the top-level performances.
"Under me, it was not different than before: moments where he was so good, moments where he was not so good.
"This lack of consistency, when it happens in a player, the normal situation when you have other good players in similar positions, it's normal that when you're in great form you play, when you're not in a good moment you don't play. It's as simple as that.
"Players have to prove on the pitch with their performances how good they are in that specific moment. So tomorrow he's selected, no decision yet on starting or being on the bench. But if he's on the pitch one minute or 90 minutes he has to show us. It's that simple.
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"I always told you that he will have his opportunities, that [there's] no problem at all to have him and like every other player performances are very important. It's coming.
"He has a chance to play and it will be important for him to perform and every other player, when the squad becomes competitive in many positions, it's important for every player on the pitch to perform."