Dele promises best behaviour at the World Cup

The new regulations will be supported by VAR technology, and are designed to pick up foul play that would have gone unnoticed in the first-half. Alli, who has earnt somewhat of a reputation throughout his time at Spurs, has promised to be on best behaviour.

The midfielder told 'Sky Sports': ''When you're playing, you are focused on trying to help the team as much as you can. You don't want to put yourself in a position where you could jeopardise everything and lose the game for your team and your country. I'll just be myself, the way I always am.''

Despite his antagonistic reputation, Alli has only ever been red-carded once over three seasons with Tottenham although the 22-year-old admitted that he has learnt from his younger mistakes.

He said: ''I want to play with passion and I want to play with hunger in every game I play. I've made mistakes in the earlier part of my career, but you have to make mistakes in order to learn from them. If you look at my record, I've definitely learned from my mistakes.''