Tony Cascarino has suggested that West Ham could be an ideal club for Dele Alli to reignite his career at if they hand him a lifeline.The talkSPORT Weekend Breakfast host believes the 30-year-old needs a team with a large fanbase to give him the lift that he needs.Dele has not appeared in a competitive fixture since March 2025GettyDele has been without a club since his Como contract was terminated last September – with his last competitive appearance coming six months before that.The playmaker featured just once under Cesc Fabregas during his eight-month stint in Italy.And that ended in ignominious fashion as he was sent off less than 10 minutes into his first senior match in nearly 750 days.During his search for a new club, the 37-cap England international soon cast aside rumours that he could be contemplating retirement.However, links to a new team have been thin on the ground in the past 12 months, with MK Dons denying that he would be returning.His ex-manager at the Dons, Karl Robinson, reacted to unconfirmed reports of Dele training with West Ham on talkSPORT this week.Now, Cascarino has admitted that the Hammers represent the type of project that would give the former Tottenham star the best opportunity to rediscover his untapped potential.Dele Alli needs a big club to lift him back upDiscussing Dele’s potential next move, Cascarino told Shebahn Aherne on talkSPORT’s Weekend Breakfast: “Well, he needs to be excited.“He needs something to give him the lift of reigniting his career, because it’s very hard for him to go to a club that’s not going to have a huge fan base who can lift him.Dele’s one appearance for Como is his only bit of senior football in over three yearsGetty“He needs that because I just don’t see a small club option for Dele Alli,” Cascarino continued.“I think if he can get excited by something, he can go, do you know what, I’m going to give my heart and soul, and I’m going to kick football back in the teeth here and prove to people how good I am.“And that could be the sort of signing that West Ham could make, only he’s got to do a lot of proving.”Cascarino added: “Imagine getting that gift of a big opportunity; I say that because that happened to me.“I was given the gift of Marseille when I was out of contract, and that was the biggest lift I ever had in my career.“For Dele Alli, it could be the West Ham link and go, ‘Do you know what, he’s going to give his absolute all’.”Dele was given a standing ovation upon his appearance at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in FebruaryGettyDele, who came through the ranks with MK Dons in League One before joining Tottenham, has never played in the Championship.He spent six-and-a-half years at Spurs after arriving in February 2015 and then joined Everton in 2022 under Frank Lampard.Yet Dele managed just 13 appearances for the Toffees, following a succession of injuries and off-field issues.Prior to his ill-fated Como revival, the ex-England star had not played competitive football for nearly two years, having featured in a 0-0 draw against Antalyaspor in February 2023 while on loan at Besiktas.