‘They will try’: Tottenham could make January move for ‘incredible’ £20m PL player – journalist

Journalist Matt Barlow has suggested that Tottenham Hotspur could look to make a fresh move for Lloyd Kelly in the January transfer window, having had a bid for the defender rejected on deadline day.

Barlow was speaking in the Daily Mail’s Q&A and had been asked whether Tottenham are expected to be busy in the January window after welcoming a number of signings over the summer.

Lloyd Kelly was someone Tottenham seemed to make a big push for right at the end of the window. Spurs appear to lack depth at the heart of their defence. And they are now even weaker with the departure of Davinson Sanchez.

Tottenham could make fresh move for Lloyd Kelly in January

The Athletic reported on deadline day that Spurs had a £20 million bid for Kelly rejected. Bournemouth wanted more for the 24-year-old.

It was a link that Tottenham fans may not have expected. But it seems that the move was not a potential panic buy, as Barlow picked him out as someone that the club may go back in for in January.

“There’s still quite a bit to do so I expect they will be looking for business in January. As mentioned, they are thin in central defence,” he told the Daily Mail.

“They might try to revive the move for Lloyd Kelly from Bournemouth. And Pierre Emile Hojbjerg, who was keen to leave in the summer, will have suitors again when the market reopens, possibly Atletico, which means Spurs will want to replace him.”

It will be interesting to see what happens over the next few months. Spurs have made a brilliant start to the campaign. But there are going to be some bumps in the road. And the Carabao Cup loss to Fulham arguably highlighted how important it is that Tottenham are lucky with injuries.

The next few months may dictate how much Tottenham are willing to spend on another centre-back in January. It is a harder window to work in.

Kelly has been described as an ‘incredible‘ player. So a move is not going to be easy to agree. But Tottenham fans will trust Postecoglou if Spurs do reignite their interest at the next opportunity.

 

 

‘It didn’t quite work out’ – Millwall boss on the Lions’ deadline day pursuit of Bournemouth’s Kieffer Moore

Fans went into overdrive in the final hours of deadline day after reports emerged that Millwall were making a move for the Welsh international

GARY Rowett is happy with the “ambition” Millwall showed to try and land Kieffer Moore and says the club have to “be pragmatic” about not getting the deal over the line. 

The Lions made a last-ditch attempt to land the Bournemouth striker in a potential loan move on transfer deadline day last week.

The move would have been something of a coup for the club with the 31-year-old a Welsh international and with Premier League goals to his name.

But Millwall could not quite the deal over the line in the final hours of the window.

And while Rowett was reluctant to go into too much detail on how close the club came to landing Moore, he did tell NewsAtDen: “A window always works in the same way. You do your business, you’re quite happy hopefully with what you’ve done, which we were, and then sometimes a player comes up that you perhaps feel is an opportunity that you’ve got to have a go for.

“And certainly, the owner backed us in trying to bring one more player in. Didn’t quite work out but I think we showed a little bit of ambition to try and make a signing and I won’t go into names and I won’t go into details.

“As frustrating as that was, sometimes these little pieces of the jigsaw are almost impossible for us to find. So sometimes an opportunity comes along and you have to try and take it. So yeah, difficult end but you have to be pragmatic about it and accept it.”