There are still two weeks left of the transfer window and therefore still time for Tottenham to complete both incomings and outgoings. After Spurs' 1-0 victory over Wolves on Saturday, Antonio Conte admitted that if a player leaves, then "another has to come".
With Harry Winks, Japhet Tanganga and Bryan Gil amongst those who have been linked with a move away, the prospect of new arrivals could be quite likely. There have also been a number of players who are being linked with moves to N17.
Daniel James, Adama Traore and Nicolo Zaniolo are amongst the names of those who could have been linked with moves to the capital. Amongst this growing list is two Chelsea players, in Hakim Ziyech and Trevoh Chalobah.
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Ziyech has reportedly recently held talks with his former club Ajax, as his lack of regular game time at Chelsea has sparked talk of him leaving, with links to a move to AC Milan fading. The 29-year-old made 23 Premier League appearances last season and made seven goal contributions, starting just 14 of them.
Thomas Tuchel has previously described him as "very reliable on the ball in moments" and highlighted his "counter-pressing and work-rate". The Chelsea man is very versatile, being able to play on either wing, as an attacking midfielder and even further up the field, which could be a major boost for Conte.
Gary Neville has previously described Ziyech as having a Riyad Mahrez "feel" about him and was full of compliments for the 29-year-old at the beginning of the year. Former Tottenham man Rafael van der Vaart has already made a prediction about Ziyech making the move to his old club.
"I’ve been saying that for some time now. I believe Ziyech is the type of player who could make a big impact in the current Spurs team," he admitted.
"With a playmaker like him, chances are things will start to go much better. Then Son [Heung-min] doesn’t have to go deep to collect the ball and [Harry] Kane can just remain up front as a striker as well. They miss someone who can feed them those balls. Now they have to work too hard."
Tottenham's attacking duo do now of course have both Dejan Kulusevski and Richarlison to help them in the final third, but there is no saying that Spurs couldn't be further strengthened by adding someone like Ziyech into the team.
The 29-year-old's teammate Trevoh Chalobah has also been linked with a move to north London. Chalobah made just 20 league appearances last season, making five goal contributions as a central defender. The 23-year-old has also struggled for game time under Tuchel this season and is yet to feature this season.
The Englishman could be a solid replacement for a player like Tanganga, if he were to leave in the next couple of weeks. Chalobah is another player who has had a lot of praise for him, with Rio Ferdinand pointing out his strengths last year.
"Massively impressed with him, the way he defended. He had three or four big moments defensively where he pulled the hat out of the bag, it was unbelievable," he admitted.
Towards the end of last year, the 23-year-old's defensive teammate Thiago Silva was full of compliments for Chalobah and made a major claim about his place at Chelsea.
"He is a player despite being so young who plays like an experienced professional, and that makes me really happy because I'm there alongside him playing the same position and I can see how he's performing, how he's developing," Silva explained.
"Not just anybody can do this, can step up to a team like Chelsea and perform and he's not doing it because of my help, he's doing it because of his own abilities. He is a player who I knew from France where he was playing at a lower level for Lorient and he's made the step up and he's playing here because he deserves to.
"Some people said that he didn't have the ability to do so but he's made it because of his own capacities. That's something that makes me really happy because a player like Trevoh Chalobah is the future of this club."
Chalobah has a current market value of up to £42.1million, whilst Ziyech's sits at up to £25.3million, according to CIES Observatory. Therefore, Spurs could potentially secure deals for both for less than £70million.
If Tottenham did decide to go for the Chelsea duo, in the final couple of weeks of the transfer window, they will have to fight off competition. Whilst Ziyech has been linked with a return to Ajax, Jose Mourinho's Roma are reportedly interested in Chalobah.
There is still time in the transfer window and assessments the Spurs camp need to make, in terms of any other deals they want to secure, before the window slams shut. It will be interesting to see how the next couple of weeks unfold and if either of the Chelsea men make the move across London.
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