{"id":11858,"date":"2025-04-11T21:18:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-11T21:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/11858\/"},"modified":"2025-04-11T21:18:08","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T21:18:08","slug":"blues-planning-raid-for-tottenham-forward-as-spurs-may-be-stripped-of-any-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/11858\/","title":{"rendered":"Blues planning raid for Tottenham forward as Spurs may be stripped of any say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea could reportedly \u2018target\u2019 Mathys Tel if Tottenham decide not to sign him permanently this summer, while there\u2019s a chance Spurs may have no say at all.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/mathys-tel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tel<\/a> joined Spurs on a six-month loan in January, with the north Londoners able to make his move permanent for \u00a345million. Where he would end up in the winter was up in the air, after he originally said no to Tottenham before eventually accepting the move.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the forward has scored just twice in 10 games, though the board of the north London club are said to have accepted he joined at a difficult period.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, it seems it\u2019s still up in the air whether or not they\u2019ll sign him, and according to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/chelsea-transfer-news-could-target-tel-if-leaves-tottenham-hotspur-stamford-bridge\/#:~:text=Chelsea%20have%20refused%20to%20rule,permanent%2C%20GIVEMESPORT%20sources%20have%20revealed.\" target=\"_blank\">GIVEMESPORT<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/chelsea\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> are waiting in the wings for if they don\u2019t.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s stated they \u2018could target\u2019 Tel if he leaves Tottenham, with their long-standing interest refusing to go away after they held initial conversations for the Bayern Munich forward.<\/p>\n<p>Chelsea see Tel as a player who fits the bill at Stamford Bridge given he\u2019s a right-footed winger who\u2019s comfortable on the left flank, per the report.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE ON CHELSEA FROM F365:<br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/chelsea-decision-paying-5m-cancel-man-utd-transfer-agreement-maresca-stance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea: Report reveals decision on \u2018paying\u2019 \u00a35m to cancel Sancho \u2018agreement\u2019 with Man Utd<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/chelsea-submit-64m-offer-sign-arsenal-target-three-bombshell-signings-prepared\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea submit \u00a364m \u2018offer\u2019 to sign Arsenal target with \u2018three bombshell\u2019 signings \u2018prepared\u2019<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/chelsea-miss-out-champions-league-football-carragher-surprise-newcastle-prediction\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jamie Carragher tips Chelsea to miss out on Champions League in surprise Newcastle prediction<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The report states Tottenham keeping him on board \u2018would eliminate any chances of him heading across the capital\u2019. However, while Spurs have an option to sign Tel, a recent report stated they might not be able to use it.<\/p>\n<p>The Club World Cup begins prior to the forward\u2019s initial contract at Tottenham ending, but it\u2019s been confirmed that there will be a transfer window prior to that, for sides to prepare for the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>In that window, it\u2019s been reported Bayern are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/mathys-tel-transfer-twist-poised-leave-spurs-high-and-dry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">considering bringing back all of their players who are currently out on loan<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>If that were to happen, Tottenham wouldn\u2019t be able to activate their option, and in the second transfer window of the summer, Tel could become available for any other clubs to sign.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Bayern may only be brining Tel back for cover for the Club World Cup, and could cut him loose again after. Though Tottenham could conceivably sign him then, they\u2019d be on a level playing field with other clubs, such as Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-star-mohamed-salah-was-intrigued-by-move-to-pl-rivals-amid-hostile-act-for-one-reason\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Liverpool star Mohamed Salah was \u2018intrigued\u2019 by move to PL rivals amid \u2018hostile act\u2019 for one reason<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea could reportedly \u2018target\u2019 Mathys Tel if Tottenham decide not to sign him permanently this summer, while there\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[885,94,163,8131,12,101,79,201,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-11858","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-chelsea","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-front-page","11":"tag-mathys-tel","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-premier-league","14":"tag-sports","15":"tag-tottenham-hotspur","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114321418063872483","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}