Walker: Dele Alli is the only player to complete Pochettino's Gacon test

Kyle Walker described how demanding the Gacon running test was, a test used under Mauricio Pochettino at Tottenham Hotspur. Walker said Dele Alli was the only player to complete it, and he described Alli as an animal when it came to running.

According to Walker, the test starts 145 metres away, and players have to reach that point in 45 seconds. They then walk five metres and sprint to the next cone and back. The test is continuous and includes 16 or 17 cones.

Since Pochettino arrived from Southampton in 2014, Tottenham became one of the fittest and highest-pressing teams in the Premier League. Alli stood out in this system as a central midfielder. At Tottenham, Alli was the player who covered the most distance, and he was part of the Premier League title race in 2016 and 2017. Walker noted that fitness work had become a benchmark for players at Tottenham.

Walker said that when he moved to Manchester City for £50 million in the summer of 2017, he initially doubted his decision in the face of Pep Guardiola's different training methods.