Dele Alli gets one-match ban for middle-finger gesture

England midfielder fined £3,852 by Fifa for ‘offensive and unsporting’ incident

Dele Alli England
England and Tottenham midfielder Dele Alli 
(Image credit: Glyn Kirk/AFP/Getty Images)

England midfielder Dele Alli will miss next week’s match against Slovenia after receiving a one-match ban from Fifa for his middle-finger gesture against Slovakia.

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