Chelsea reportedly seem desperate to farm out Batshuayi with Tottenham Hotspur a potential destination.
Tottenham Hotspur have turned down the chance to sign out-of-favour Chelsea striker Michy Batshuayi on transfer deadline day, according to Sky Sports (live blog, 2.11pm).
The Belgium international, a £33 million signing from Marseille in 2016, appears to have no future at Stamford Bridge with Maurizio Sarri farming him out on loan to Valencia at the start of the season.
But, after scoring just three goals for the La Liga giants, Batshuayi finds himself back at Stamford Bridge with his future up in the air on deadline day.
Sky claim that West Ham United have a deal in principle to sign the 23-year-old on loan for the rest of the campaign but it is understood that they are hardly confident that Batshuayi will be posing in claret and blue before the 11pm cut off point.
And, in an intriguing twist, Sky adds that Chelsea offered the seldom-seen striker to their bitter rivals Spurs. They might have thought that the North Londoners would jump at the chance to sign Batshuayi given Harry Kane’s injury troubles.
But it is understood that Tottenham have turned down the chance to sign Batshuayi, one day after Fernando Llorente offered a timely reminder of his talents with a late winner against Watford.
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