Tottenham turn attention to Chelsea star following second transfer snub in 24 hours

Tottenham hoped to motion Fikayo Tomori from AC Milan but the five-time England planetary is understood to person turned Spurs down, conscionable arsenic Bayern Munich striker Mathys Tel did connected Friday

Tottenham person turned their attraction to Chelsea defender Axel Disasi aft apical people Fikayo Tomori rejected a determination backmost to London.

Tomori, 27, has snubbed the accidental to articulation Spurs, having spent the past 4 years with Italian giants AC Milan aft leaving Chelsea successful 2021. It's the 2nd rejection that Tottenham person suffered successful the past 24 hours, arsenic Bayern Munich striker Mathys Tel turned them down pursuing face-to-face talks with Spurs president Daniel Levy successful Germany connected Friday.

The 2 clubs had agreed a £50million deal but Tel, who's besides a people for Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Aston Villa, decided against joining Spurs. That's precisely what five-time England planetary Tomori has done, according to Sky Sports, starring Spurs to absorption connected Disasi.

A study from the Mail says that the Chelsea centre-back was 1 of Tottenham's alternatives successful lawsuit Tomori snubbed them. Now they're acceptable to marque an approach, with Villa and Wolves besides holding an involvement successful Disasi, who signed a six-year declaration astatine Chelsea successful 2023 pursuing his £38.5m determination from Monaco.

Chelsea are consenting to merchantability the 26-year-old earlier the winter transportation window closes astatine 11pm connected Monday, with the Frenchman retired of favour nether Blues brag Enzo Maresca. Earlier this month, Chelsea recalled Trevoh Chalobah from what was expected to beryllium a season-long indebtedness astatine Crystal Palace and he's already overtaken Disasi successful the pecking order.

Spurs are looking to bolster their defence aft Radu Dragusin picked up a genu wounded against during Thursday's 3-0 triumph against Elfsborg successful the Europa League. Dragusin, who Tottenham paid £26.7m to motion from Genoa past January, could present miss astir of what's near of this season.

First-choice centre-backs Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven, meanwhile, person endured injury-hit seasons. Boss Ange Postecoglou hinted that Spurs could motion a caller centre-back erstwhile speaking up of Sunday's Premier League clash distant to Brentford.

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"Depending connected the grade of Radu, it mightiness beryllium an country we request to look astatine and surely this play we are exploring immoderate options,' Postecoglou confirmed. "It's hard to tell. It's a knee, truthful we've got to fto it settee down. There's ever interest erstwhile there's a genu wounded but we don't cognize the extent."

The Tottenham boss, who's looking to usher Spurs to archetypal Premier League triumph successful 8 games, volition beryllium forced to enactment retired a makeshift backmost 4 astatine Brentford. "He's [Dragusin] evidently not disposable for this weekend," Postecoglou added. "In presumption of others, Djed Spence should beryllium disposable for the weekend, Sergio Reguilon should beryllium okay."

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