Football transfer rumours: Chelsea to test Brentford’s resolve for Toney?

Today’s fluff is alert and reckless

Not content with spending the thick end of £350m in the current transfer window, Chelsea are ready to hose tens of millions more – cough – in the direction of Brentford’s Community Stadium if it means they can get Ivan Toney in return. The England striker is currently suspended from all football activities until January, a ban that apparently won’t preclude him from signing a contract with a different club. The Independent reports that Brentford will hold out for as much as £80m for a star player they’ve barely missed since he began his prolonged spell on the FA’s Naughty Step.

Left out of the Tottenham squad that got knocked out of the Carabao Cup by Fulham, Eric Dier could be on the verge of a reunion with his former skipper Harry Kane at Bayern Munich. Spurs have offered the defender to the German champions, while Borussia Dortmund are also believed to be keen on securing his services. Dier has also been offered to Fulham in part exchange for their central defender Tosin Adarabioyo. In other “unwanted Tottenham defender” news, Japhet Tanganga could be on his way to Italy to play for Torino, while Djed Spence’s loan move to Leeds is expected to be signed, sealed and delivered any second now.