{"id":3254,"date":"2025-01-19T22:28:01","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T23:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/?p=3254"},"modified":"2025-01-19T23:54:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T23:54:27","slug":"chelsea-hijack-west-hams-move-for-promising-star-in-transfer-blow-for-graham-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/preforeclosurefortunes.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/19\/chelsea-hijack-west-hams-move-for-promising-star-in-transfer-blow-for-graham-potter\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea hijack West Ham\u2019s move for \u2018promising\u2019 star in transfer blow for Graham Potter"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Enzo Maresca’s side are now leading the race for the Greek sensation (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Chelsea<\/a> are reportedly set to try and hijack West Ham<\/a>’s move to sign ‘promising’ star Stefanos Tzimas in a transfer blow for Graham Potter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

West Ham, who are managed by former Blues boss Potter, have been heavily linked with a move to sign the Greek<\/a> teenage sensation in January.<\/p>\n

Tzimas, 19, currently on loan at German side 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg from PAOK, has been described as a ‘promising centre-forward, with physical qualities and strength as well as intelligence, a good technique and an eye for goal’.<\/p>\n

That’s according to the PAOK website<\/a>, while German outlet BILD<\/a> reports that Chelsea have moved ahead in the race to land Tzimas’s signature.<\/p>\n

The update is a massive blow for West Ham head coach Potter, who desperately needs to recruit a new striker amid an injury crisis<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It was previously thought that Nuremberg were going to activate a \u00a315m purchase option for Tzimas before immediately selling him to West Ham for \u00a316.6m to make a quick profit.<\/p>\n

But Chelsea’s hijacking is a huge spanner in the works for West Ham and means the east London club may have to go back to the drawing board.<\/p>\n

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Stefanos Tzimas could be heading to Chelsea (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tzimas has been in fine form this season, producing nine goals across 15 games for 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg.<\/p>\n

He is the youngest goalscorer in PAOK’s entire history and was named one of the best players born in 2006 worldwide by The Guardian<\/a> in 2023.<\/p>\n

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Graham Potter desperately needs a new striker at West Ham (Picture: Getty)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

‘A two-footed striker, he is a quick thinker, fast and physically mature,’ they reported. ‘He has been able to play against older opponents for some time now.’<\/p>\n

The PAOK website, meanwhile, adds: ‘[Tzimas is] a leading personality on the pitch and at the same time, a down-to-earth individual, he is also an excellent student.’<\/p>\n

Tzimas helped PAOK clinch the Greek top-flight title last term and is now aiming to get second-tier 1. FC N\u00fcrnberg back into the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n

He has been capped five times by Greece U21s to date and is waiting to make his senior international debut.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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