Chelsea could try for player who allegedly rejected Spurs this summer – Journalist reports

Italian journalist Rudy Galetti has said that Chelsea have asked for information about the availability of Manchester City centre-back Ayemeric Laporte, who has been linked with a move to Tottenham over recent weeks.

With Tottenham having signed a successor to Hugo Lloris in the form of Guglielmo Vicario and a new midfielder in James Maddison, it appears that the club are now prioritising strengthening at left centre-back next.

Fabrizio Romano took to social media on Wednesday afternoon to reveal that Spurs have now opened talks with Wolfsburg over a deal to sign Micky van de Ven while he added that Bayer Leverkusen’s Edmond Tapsoba also continues to be on the club’s radar.

Another left-sided centre-back who has previously been mooted as a target for Tottenham is Laporte, with 90 min reporting a couple of weeks ago that the Spaniard was one of the names at the top of Ange Postecolgou’s wishlist.

However, Football Insider handed the Lilywhites a blow last week by claiming that the 29-year-old had turned down the chance to move to N17.

Chelsea could try where Tottenham failed

Galetti believes that Chelsea could soon make a move for the Man City star, with the Blues alleged to have asked for information about his availability.

The journalist told GiveMeSport: “Aymeric Laporte is among the names on the list of Chelsea as a possible reinforcement this summer. No talks are ongoing to date.

“Chelsea’s aim is to strengthen other roles but, in the past weeks, the Blues requested info on him.”

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It is clear that Tottenham have moved on from Laporte to other targets, possibly because the centre-back was not too keen on a switch to the club. 

The club appear to be prioritising a younger profile of centre-back, which is not surprising, given that Postecoglou prefers working with and developing up-and-coming players rather than established stars.