Blues target raid for £35m Tottenham ace, as Red Devils eye forward

The latest Premier League transfer rumours with news from Spurs, Chelsea, Manchester United & Leeds

- Matthew Gregory

According to Tottenhamspecific outlet The Boy Hotspur, the club are “moving quickly to secure the future” of £35m centre-back Micky van de Ven as he finds his way onto the shortlist of several big teams, including Liverpool and cross-capital rivals Chelsea.

Real Madrid and Bayern Munich are supposedly “circling” as well, but Chelsea seem to be “pushing” harder as Enzo Maresca demands a player who can replace long-term injury absentee Levi Colwill - suggesting that Van de Ven could even be a target for the Blues in January.