Tottenham Hotspur F.C. star player, Dele Alli’s mother, Denise has cried out over rejection by her son. In an extraordinary interview, Dele’s mum repeatedly breaks down as she tells how she now cries herself to sleep at night over the ordeal. The footballer who earns £60,000-a-week does not even talk to the mother. The mother revealed that: “I’m a very miserable person because I get so sad that Dele is missing out on his family and we’re missing out on him.”

“I want to be able to hug him and let him know we all love him to bits. I’m not interested in his money, I’d love him the same if he worked in McDonald’s. We just want our son back.”

Recalling him leaving, Denise said: “He was in great spirits and said, ‘I love you mum’. I had no idea that would be the last time I would see him. It still leaves me shocked.”

Denise have made a series of desperate attempts to see Dele at Tottenham games, at the training ground and even by joining stadium tours. The mother said: “When he was about 13 Dele began training at MK Dons five days a week. So for convenience he began staying at his best friend’s house during the week, before coming home at weekends. It was hard to let him live away from home, but we didn’t have a car and I was finding it hard to get him to training myself.”

“It has been said that I was suffering from alcoholism and I gave him up because I couldn’t look after him, but that is a lie. I wanted to give him the best chance of achieving his dream, but he was still my son and I was there for him whenever he needed me. He was never adopted by his friend’s parents – I would not have ­allowed it. My kids are my world.”

The mother was saddened that she missed out on seeing him sign his first professional contract for MK Dons, aged 16, as she was not invited or told it was happening. The last time he spoke to her, two years ago.

In despair, Denise went to try to talk to him outside Tottenham’s White Hart Lane stadium after a match there last year. But instead of stopping to speak to her he simply walked to his car. Wiping away copious tears, Denise recalls: “I didn’t have a ticket for the game but I went to the ground because I wanted to try and see Dele. I waited outside after the match and when Dele came out I quietly said to him. ‘Dele… it’s me… your mum’.”

“He didn’t stop. He just looked at me, said he was busy and drove off. I was in tears, it was heartbreaking. Some fans who had overheard asked if I was really his mum and why he was treating me like that. I told them, ‘I just don’t know’. When I got home I had a call from a man who said he represented Dele. He accused me of shouting to Dele, which I didn’t, and said if I tried to do it again I’d be banned from the ground for life. It was horrible.”