Cenk Tosun insists Dele Alli can still succeed with Besitkas.

Tosun, who shared a dressing room with Alli at Everton last season and completed a return to Besiktas after three-and-a-half years on Merseyside in July, has backed the 37-cap England international to succeed in his first stint outside of the English football pyramid.

Alli is on a season-long loan fromEverton.

“Dele Alli and I played together at Everton," Tosun told Daily Sabah.

"Dele is a very nice person. Everyone in the team is always travelling, the kit man, the cook, and everybody loves him. He jokes with everyone With Senol Gunes' [manager] touches, he will hopefully get to a good place.

"He came from London, he is going through an adjustment period. When he overcomes that, he will make a great contribution to the team."