Tottenham Hotspur are keeping their options open as they struggle to reach an agreement with Nottingham Forest for Morgan Gibbs-White.
Tottenham paid Gibbs-White’s release clause, but Nottingham Forest are furious as they believe the player’s £60m clause should have been confidential.
There is now set to be a delay over Spurs’ move for the midfielder, and in the meantime, another Premier League player is being monitored.
Thomas Frank’s assistant coach, Justin Cochrane, will be able to give the Spurs boss and the club all the intel on the player, having previously coached him.
Tottenham monitoring Man United winger Alejandro Garnacho
Tottenham Hotspur are among the clubs monitoring Manchester United winger Alejandro Garnacho, according to the Daily Mail.
Aston Villa are also keen on the Argentine, and Chelsea have also been keeping tabs on the Manchester United player.
TBR Football exclusively revealed on Monday that Chelsea have reignited talks for Garnacho after agreeing to sell Noni Madueke to Arsenal.
Meanwhile, Tottenham asked about Garnacho in January, as reported by TBR Football, before eventually opting to sign Mathys Tel on loan.
The 21-year-old has been told to train away from the main United squad since making his return to Carrington last week.
The Red Devils did value their academy graduate at £70 million, but that would likely need to be reduced if they hope to offload him this summer.
He still managed an impressive campaign in terms of goal involvements last season, netting 11 times and getting a further ten assists.
Justin Cochrane has already coached Alejandro Garnacho at Man United
Cochrane has already coached Garnacho during his time at Manchester United back in 2021.
Cochrane was head of player development at Old Trafford before he returned to London to join Frank’s coaching staff at Brentford.
Speaking back in 2024, Cochrane revealed: “In 2021, I joined Manchester United and I was the head of player development there.
“So I moved my family from North London up to Manchester, I’ve got three sons. There’s me with one of the players, Alejandro Garnacho, when he was in the youth team.”
So if Spurs do decide to move for the Argentine attacker, the North London club and their new manager will be well briefed on him, given Cochrane’s knowledge.