Chelsea £60m deal could hand Thomas Frank double Tottenham transfer blow

Thomas Frank wants to sign a new No.10 at Tottenham this summer.

Spurs have completed four incoming deals so far this summer, with the new head coach improving his forward line, his defence and the midfield with the signings of Mathys Tel, Mohammed Kudus, Kota Takai and Joao Palhinha (loan).

Frank wants to add another centre-back to his ranks, given Cristian Romero and Micky van de Ven played just 26 and 22 games respectively last season in a 60-match campaign while Radu Dragusin is still on his way back from his cruciate ligament injury.

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That is relatively new information, but Tottenham's desire for a No.10 is not.

Spurs looked set to bring Morgan Gibbs-White to the club having appeared to activate the Nottingham Forest man's release clause.

However, Forest called foul play, ceased communication with Spurs, threatened legal action and eventually tied the 25-year-old down to a new contract at the City Ground.

Dejan Kulusevski remains sidelined with a knee injury and James Maddison had been on his way back, also from a knee injury, until he had to be stretchered off during the pre-season tour game with Newcastle with what looked to be a further serious knee injury.

A number of players have been linked with a move to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but there is nothing imminent at this moment in time.

And if reports are to be believed, one move could have a damaging domino effect on Tottenham, unless they act quickly.

Chelsea are trying to sign Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig with the Blues in direct club-to-club talks with Leipzig for around two weeks now over a £60million deal. The 22-year-old has a broad agreement on personal terms with the west Londoners and has made it clear to his current employers he wishes to leave.

Simons has been linked with Spurs too, but it would have to be a late hijack now to beat Chelsea to the transfer.

Should Chelsea sign Simons, Leipzig would need a replacement and they are already on the hunt, with Liverpool's Harvey Elliott tipped to make the move to Germany.

Elliott is another who has been linked with Tottenham, in the aftermath of the Gibbs-White transfer failure.

Both players would be good additions to Frank's squad, but the two could be interlinked and Spurs could find themselves having to look elsewhere.