Nottingham Forest
Exclusive: West Ham and Nottingham Forest compete to recruit the suddenly available defender
Nottingham Forest, West Ham and Fulham are among the clubs eyeing a late-window move for Chelsea defender Trevoh Chalobah, netsport.uk.
It is believed the 24-year-old is also attracting interest from European clubs ahead of the 1 February deadline.
That is a U-turn on their original plan, which was to sell the defender permanently to boost their coffers – as any sale of the centre-back would be considered pure profit under Financial Fair Play rules.
Chalobah could now put himself in the shop window with a loan move away from Stamford Bridge, with Chelsea even willing to sanction a loan-to-buy deal for the academy product.
Nottingham Forest, West Ham and Fulham all have the space in their squad to bring in a loan signing from a fellow Premier League club before the 1 February deadline.
It is believed all three clubs are on the hunt for defensive reinforcements.
Chalobah is yet to appear in the 2023-24 campaign due to injury – and his lack of availability is believed to be the reason for the dearth of permanent interest in his services.
He suffered a serious hamstring injury in pre-season and a setback in October but is now on the comeback trail.
In any case, he will be low down the pecking order of Mauricio Pochettino at Stamford Bridge – with the Argentine rating the likes of Axel Disasi, Levi Colwill and Benoit Badiashile above him.
