Chelsea and Tottenham dealt blow after failing with last-gasp attempt to sign PSG star Thomas Meunier
Premier League duo both tried to secure the right-back last week but French giants refused to allow the 25-year-old to depart Parc des Princes
CHELSEA and Tottenham reportedly failed with beat-the-deadline attempts to sign Paris Saint-Germain defender Thomas Meunier.
Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino wanted the Belgium right-back to replace Kyle Walker, who left for Manchester City in a £50million deal.
Meanwhile, Blues manager Antonio Conte hoped to add 25-year-old Meunier to his squad as cover for Cesar Azpilicueta.
According to , the Premier League champions and runners-up made approaches for the defender after PSG signed Brazilian Dani Alves from Juventus.
But the super-rich Ligue 1 club refused to let the Belgian ace leave.
They insisted they want two top-class players for every position in their team.
A source close to Meunier said: “Thomas was at the top of both Chelsea and Tottenham‘s wish lists.
“But PSG refused to let him go.”
Spurs instead paid PSG £23m for their third choice right-back Serge Aurier after the Ivory Coast international resolved his UK visa issues.
And Chelsea signed Torino’s Italy defender Davide Zappacosta for £25m on deadline day.
Meunier has just helped Belgium become the first European country to qualify for next year’s World Cup finals.
He scored a hat-trick in their 9-0 win over Gibraltar last week.
The former Standard Liege junior spent five years with Club Brugge, winning the Belgian Cup in 2015 and the 2016 league title.
PSG paid £6.3m for him last year, and he has since won the French Cup, League Cup and two Champions Trophies with the Parc des Princes outfit.
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