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title: "Tottenham Hotspur: Sky Sports drop live TV claim involving Kurt Zouma"
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type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Emilio Galantini"
section: "Premier League"
published: "2021-08-19T06:35:31Z"
modified: "2021-08-19T06:35:31Z"
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# Tottenham Hotspur: Sky Sports drop live TV claim involving Kurt Zouma

**Speaking on live TV (via [Football Daily](https://twitter.com/footballdaily/status/1427654850217644034?s=21)), Sky Sports have now dropped a Tottenham Hotspur transfer claim involving Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma.**

### The Lowdown: Spurs in centre-back chase…

It has been reported that Spurs are looking into signing another defender this summer even after completing a deal for 2020/2021 Serie A MVP award-winning defender Cristian Romero.

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Claims emerged earlier this week of their renewed [interest and contacts](https://sportwitness.co.uk/new-contacts-yesterday-tottenham-knocking-player-e25m-deal-now-acceptable/) for Takehiro Tomiyasu, with managing director Fabio Paratici eager to land another defensive option for Nuno Espirito Santo.

They have also been in talks to sign Fiorentina defender Nikola Milenkovic ([Sky Sports](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/12380548/tottenham-in-talks-to-sign-nikola-milenkovic-after-west-ham-move-stalls)), with Sky now bringing news as Spurs eye another West Ham United target.

### The Latest: Sky drop live TV claim involving Zouma and Spurs…

As per the broadcast giant, via Football Daily’s post, Tottenham are now interested in signing Zouma this summer as they bring a transfer update out of N17.

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“Tottenham are interested in signing Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma,” Sky explained.

“He’s one of a number of defenders the club are looking at.”

The Frenchman now joins a growing list of Spurs transfer targets for the central defensive area as Paratici eyes yet more reinforcements to protect goalkeeper Hugo Lloris.

### The Verdict: Great option, but unlikely…

Lauded as a ‘beast of a player’ by Premier League legend John Terry (Instagram Live via [Tribuna](https://tribuna.com/en/news/chelsea-2021-02-12-john-terry-praises-beast-kurt-zouma-backs-him-to-stay-at-chelsea-for-a-long-time-video/)), Zouma arguably has the ability to succeed at Tottenham.

Standing at a lofty 6 foot 3, the 26-year-old averaged a higher pass accuracy ([90.9%](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/106086/History/Kurt-Zouma)) than any Spurs player in the English top flight last year – highlighting his real composure passing out from the back ([WhoScored](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/30/Archive/England-Tottenham?stageId=18685)).

However, Chelsea and Tottenham’s unwillingness to do business is well documented so it is difficult to see this transfer coming off as a result.

***In other news: 66-cap ace pushed closer to leaving Tottenham, Nuno leaves him out of ECL squad…find out more [here.](https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/tottenham-transfer-rumours/tottenham-hotspur-serge-aurier-pushed-closer-to-leaving-n17/)***