Tottenham ace Dele Alli stars in Marvel comic book strip along with Spurs legend Ledley King
Spurs favourites star in special comic strip to mark the tenth anniversary of Premier League Kicks
TOTTENHAM star Dele Alli appears in graphic novel with Spurs legend Ledley King - illustrated by British Marvel Comics artist John McCrae.
Alli appears in the story which is based around Sivan Sherabayani, who started his career at Kicks as a youngster before turning into a volunteer coach, to then becoming a qualified FA coach.
The comic was created to celebrate the tenth anniversary of Premier League Kicks, a community coaching scheme for 11-16 year olds which helps over 180,000 youngsters worldwide.
Keep up-to-date with all the latest transfer news and gossip ahead of the January window with SunSport’s daily LIVE blog
Sherabayani, 24, joined the community a decade ago as a participant and then became a voluntary coach which opened the door for him to become a fully qualified coach.
Since working as a voluntary coach he earned a FA Level 1 qualification and Sherabayani now runs SoccerDays, a coaching school of his own for 2-7 year olds.
Alli, who presented Sivan with his Premier League Kicks Heroes personalised comic strip, stressed the importance of these programmes for youngsters.
He said: "A programme likes this is massive for this area.
"Not only does it gives the kids a safe environment to come and work with some top coaches, it also sets them up for the future and gives them a lot of opportunities to have a career.
Related Stories
"It gets the kids off the street.
"You never know what they could be doing nowadays so it's important that they are here in a safe place where they are with their friends."
In the part of the comic Alli appears in it, it begins with Sherabayani, as a coach, saying: "Football can change your life Jordan. That's what happened to Dele.
To which Alli responded with: "Thanks to guys like him [Sherabayani].
"Are you going to sign up and things happen for yourself?"
To which the adoring kids respond with: ";Definitely!"
Whilst King appears earlier on in the comic, with Sherabayani turning up to the 'cage' as a youngster to play football at Premier League Kicks and to his surprise, as a Spurs fan, the towering retired defender was stood there.
His prescience inspired Sherabayani to push on, work hard and keep attending the coaching school.