{"id":43486,"date":"2026-02-19T22:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/tottenham-take-advantage-of-chelsea-decision-to-sign-defender\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T22:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:33:38","slug":"tottenham-take-advantage-of-chelsea-decision-to-sign-defender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/tottenham-take-advantage-of-chelsea-decision-to-sign-defender\/","title":{"rendered":"Tottenham take advantage of Chelsea decision to sign defender"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_74 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/tottenham-take-advantage-of-chelsea-decision-to-sign-defender\/#Chelsea_let_George_Jobling_leave_the_club\" >Chelsea let George Jobling leave the club<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/tottenham-take-advantage-of-chelsea-decision-to-sign-defender\/#Spurs_need_senior_players_along_with_Jobling\" >Spurs need senior players along with Jobling<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Tottenham Hotspur players and Chelsea players meet in the team huddle. (Photo by Julian Finney\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><strong>England youth international George Jobling was released from Chelsea&#8217;s academy this week, with Tottenham securing his contract.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">TEAMtalk reports that the London club have secured the England international&#8217;s signature and are expected to sign him to a professional contract when he turns 17. The teenager&#8217;s talent is highly regarded at youth level and has a bright future ahead of him. He could be a quality long-term signing for Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Download the official CaughtOffSide app to get all the latest news and updates straight to your phone. above <span role=\"presentation\"><u>apple<\/u><\/span>  &#038; <span role=\"presentation\"><u>Google play<\/u><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chelsea_let_George_Jobling_leave_the_club\"><\/span>Chelsea let George Jobling leave the club<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">It is unclear why Chelsea decided to let the player leave, but there is no doubt that Spurs are delighted to sign the young defender. They are looking to build their squad for the future and Jobring could be a beneficial acquisition for them in the long term. If they can help him develop and fulfill his potential, they could ultimately save millions of dollars in the transfer market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Meanwhile, the young defender will be happy to have joined one of the biggest clubs in the country. He will now focus on his own development and will force his way into Tottenham&#8217;s first-team plans in the future. The defender will no doubt be trying to prove that Chelsea were wrong to let him leave.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester United and Tottenham eyeing signing of 24-year-old, Chelsea given green light to sell<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Spurs_need_senior_players_along_with_Jobling\"><\/span>Spurs need senior players along with Jobling<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"p1\">On the other hand, Tottenham must also strive to acquire players who can be immediately effective in the first team and contribute to the team&#8217;s growth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">It has been a disappointing season for them, with them now closer to the relegation zone than qualifying for the Champions League. It will be interesting to see if they can turn things around in the coming weeks. They have hired Igor Tudor as their new manager and it is hoped that he can turn things around.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8216;Discussions&#8217; are likely to be &#8216;ongoing&#8217; for Tottenham to hire a popular new manager<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End -->\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tottenham Hotspur players and Chelsea players meet in the team huddle. (Photo by Julian Finney\/Getty Images) England youth international George Jobling was released from Chelsea&#8217;s academy this week, with Tottenham securing his contract. TEAMtalk reports that the London club have secured the England international&#8217;s signature and are expected to sign him to a professional contract [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[40],"class_list":{"0":"post-43486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}