Spurs: Conte joins Chalobah race

Tottenham Hotspur are thinking about a deal to deliver Trevoh Chalobah to north London this summer time.

What’s the discuss?

That’s in response to a report by the Evening Standard, who declare that Antonio Conte has joined each Inter Milan and AS Roma in pursuing a deal for the Chelsea centre-back, who is alleged to be open to a transfer away from Stamford Bridge on account of Thomas Tuchel’s personal makes an attempt to land Wesley Fofana.

The report goes on to state that, regardless of the 23-year-old’s want to safe a transfer elsewhere previous to September’s switch deadline, the Blues are in a powerful place to barter a substantial price for the previous England under-21 worldwide as his present contract runs till 2026.

“Thrilling” potential signing

Chalobah will not be precisely a daily fixture within the Chelsea first crew, however contemplating simply how spectacular the defender was when given the chance to function final season – coupled along with his capability to function from quite a lot of totally different positions on the pitch – it’s not obscure why Conte is thinking about a deal to deliver the 23-year-old to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium this summer time.

Certainly, over his 20 Premier League appearances in 2021/22, the £18m-rated expertise was in distinctive defensive kind for the Blues, serving to his aspect to maintain 9 clear sheets, together with making two tackles, 0.9 interceptions and a couple of.1 clearances and successful 4.8 duels (at a hit price of 61%) per sport.

The £20k-per-week centre-back – who can also be comfortable operating from defensive midfield or as a full-back – additionally impressed going forwards. He scored three targets and registered one help, along with finishing 57.5 passes (at a hit price of 91%), 2.2 lengthy balls and 0.5 dribbles and taking 0.5 photographs per match.

These returns noticed the participant who Daniel Childs dubbed “outstanding” and Oliver Harbord labelled “exciting” common a exceptional SofaScore match score of 7.23, not solely rating him as Chelsea’s seventh-best performer within the league but in addition because the 23rd-best performer in the complete division final day trip.

As such, contemplating his undoubted expertise, spectacular positional versatility and potential for additional growth sooner or later, Chalobah would certainly seem to make an extremely thrilling potential addition to Conte’s present defensive choices in north London.

That leads us to consider that the 52-year-old should do all that he can to land the previous England youth worldwide within the coming weeks.