Karl Robinson insists Dele Alli's problems can be overcome.

Alli, on-loan at Besitkas from Everton, has been told by coach Senol Gunes he won't play for the club again.

Former MK Dons boss Robinson, 42, told talkSPORT: "At the beginning of his career he made many mistakes on and off the pitch probably, but on the pitch that one moment of magic was what made the headlines.

'As the negativity spirals on top of him – has he done things off the pitch that have supported him on the pitch? I'd have to say no at stages."

Robinson also defended the 26-year-old, saying the statistics proved how important he could be to clubs.

Alli came through the youth system at MK Dons, before becoming a senior player between 2011 and 2015, before his move to Spurs.

The 42-year-old former Oxford United boss said: "If you look at the data he's one of the hardest-working, highest distance-covered players playing. I think that his persona can sometimes look flippant. He can look labored, but he always had that.

"I remember pinning him up against the wall at times. I remember him being dragged in a dressing room once by a senior player because he had this look on his face which was a smirk – I lost it with him and a senior player lost it with him as well.

"The more you're with him and the more time you spend with him, the more you understand him and the more he is a kind and caring human being.

"He's made mistakes. There's not one of us who haven't made mistakes in our lives and done things that we regret, but he's still a human being who still loves football."