Chelsea and Tottenham hot in pursuit of teenage defender transfer despite contract extension

Chelsea and Tottenham are continuing to way Lecce's Denmark planetary left-back Patrick Dorgu aft some clubs showed an involvement during the summertime transportation window

Chelsea and Tottenham are inactive chasing Lecce left-back Patrick Dorgu - contempt the subordinate penning a caller declaration successful Italy.

The highly-rated 19-year-old enjoyed an eye-catching breakthrough run successful Serie A past play and has since earned 3 caps for the Danish nationalist side.

And Dorgu has present signed caller presumption with Lecce too, with his caller woody acceptable to tally until the summertime of 2029.

However, the Italian outfit stay mindful that his semipermanent aboriginal is inactive apt to prevarication distant from the nine arsenic the vultures proceed to descend upon their prima talent.

Spurs had the teen connected their summertime shortlist arsenic imaginable screen for Destiny Udogie with Ben Davies besides acceptable to participate the last six months of his existent woody successful northbound London successful January.

But stubborn negotiators Lecce were quoting a fig upwards of £25million for his services and their asking terms is present expected to emergence beyond the £30m people pursuing Dorgu's declaration extension.

Chelsea, who person heavy scouted the antiaircraft gem, had initially planned to utilise their multi-club web by signing the youngster astatine sister nine Strasbourg but the numbers progressive were excessively costly to implicit the operation.

Dorgu's typical Maurice Ogbodo has links with Base Soccer, a world-renowned British bureau that has a adjacent moving narration with a big of apical Premier League sides.

Lecce method manager Pantaleo Corvino was keen to determination rapidly to necktie up a declaration hold astatine the commencement of the caller play successful a bid to fortify his manus successful aboriginal talks with imaginable suitors.

Incredibly Lecce paid a fig worthy successful the portion of conscionable £165,000 for the prodigy backmost successful 2022 erstwhile helium was signed for their U19 squad from Danish broadside FC Nordsjaelland and they present look acceptable to slope mega profit.

Now Dorgu is wide regarded arsenic 1 of the champion left-backs successful Italy and 1 of the champion young full-backs successful European shot with AC Milan besides among those credited with an interest. He made 32 Serie A appearances past season, scoring 2 goals.

While Tottenham presently look to beryllium starring the transportation race, Dorgu is simply a self-confessed Chelsea supporter, which could interaction immoderate determination implicit his future.

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