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title: "Chelsea offered the chance to sign Tottenham target Lemar"
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author: "Ryan Darby"
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published: "2020-01-09T13:00:00Z"
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# Chelsea offered the chance to sign Tottenham target Lemar

Chelsea have been offered the chance to rival Tottenham in a January move for Atletico Madrid’s Thomas Lemar.

[According to the London Evening Standard](https://www.standard.co.uk/sport/football/chelsea-thomas-lemar-transfer-news-a4330101.html?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1578559021), both clubs have been given the opportunity to sign him on loan this month for just £5m.

The report adds that intermediaries working on the player’s future believe he would be open to a move to Stamford Bridge.

Chelsea are in the market for a wide player and have previously been linked with both [Wilfried Zaha](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2020/jan/08/football-transfers-rumours-wilfred-zaha-to-leave-crystal-palace-for-chelsea) and [Jadon Sancho](https://www.skysports.com/football/news/12691/11903640/jadon-sancho-borussia-dortmund-adamant-england-international-stays-in-january).

Lemar has struggled in Spain since making the move to Atletico from Monaco, with Diego Simeone saying, via [Goal](https://www.goal.com/en-gb/news/thomas-lemar-not-lived-up-to-expectations-atletico-madrid/epsv1msln6471t6wfrsrnbj2l), that the player has failed to live up to expectations.

![Aitor Alcalde/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readchelsea.com/readchelsea/2020/01/1189581546.jpg)

### Read Chelsea verdict

Lemar could be an interesting option for Chelsea. Available for a small loan fee of just £5 million, the club could have no complaints about the cost of a short-term move.

The only potential concern for Chelsea should be the lack of game time that Lemar has had this season, with the Frenchman [starting](https://www.whoscored.com/Players/132962/Show/Thomas-Lemar) just nine league games for Atletico.

With Pedro and Willian both seeing their [futures](https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/nov/28/willian-chelsea-football-new-contract) up in the air, it’s certainly a position that Chelsea need to examine this month.

Lemar, who is comfortable [playing](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/thomas-lemar/profil/spieler/205562) across the three positions behind the striker, would bring some added versatility to Lampard’s attacking options. The Chelsea manager has made it clear since his arrival that this is a trait he wants to see in the squad, calling for his players to be ‘adaptable’, via the [official Chelsea website](https://www.chelseafc.com/en/news/2019/08/10/frank-philosophy--lampard-reveals-how-he-wants-his-chelsea-team-).

While he mainly operates out on the left, Lemar’s interchangeability could see him fit into Lampard’s preferred 4-2-3-1 system or his more recent 3-4-3 formation with ease.

Much like the Mateo Kovacic signing last season, it would give the Blues the option to see the player in action first for a relatively small fee before committing to a permanent deal later down the line.