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Football Rumours on Friday 24th February 2023

last updated Friday 24th February 2023, 8:59 AM



TRANSFER RUMOURS

  • Arsenal have put West Ham's England midfielder Declan Rice, 24, at the top of their wanted list this summer as the Gunners are unlikely to have the funds to compete for Borussia Dortmund's £150m-rated England midfielder Jude Bellingham, 19.
    (Football.London)


  • Tottenham are leading the chase to sign Leicester City and England midfielder James Maddison, 26.
    (Football 365)


  • Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol has been linked with a move to the Premier League but RB Leipzig manager Marco Rose expects the 21-year-old to still be at the German club next season.
    (Goal)


  • Crystal Palace are among a number of English Premier League clubs who are keen on Rangers youngster Calum Adamson.
    (Daily Record)


  • Manchester United want to strengthen their defence by signing Napoli's South Korea centre-back Kim Min-jae, 26, who has a £42m release clause.
    (Corriere dello Sport)


  • Liverpool's Brazil midfielder Fabinho, 29, could be facing the exit after five years at Anfield as boss Jurgen Klopp looks to refresh his squad in the summer.
    (Daily Mirror)


  • Borussia Dortmund's £150m-rated England midfielder Jude Bellingham has not been put off by Liverpool's recent poor results and remains an admirer of both the club and Reds boss Jurgen Klopp.
    (Athletic)


  • Tottenham are reportedly keen to sign Lecce star Morten Hjulmand at the end of the season, with the midfielder attracting plenty of interest due to his good form in the Serie A.
    (Daily Express)


  • Belgium forward Romelu Lukaku, 29, is not keen to return to Chelsea after his loan spell at Inter Milan ends at the end of the season.
    (90min)


  • Everton could move for Udinese's Portuguese forward Beto, 25, in the summer after having a "huge" bid for the player turned down in January.
    (Liverpool Echo)


  • Arsenal submitted a 70m euro (£61.7m) offer to Barcelona for the Brazil forward Raphinha, 26, in January.
    (Sport)


  • Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has reportedly been thrown a transfer lifeline by Fenerbahce.
    (Sun)


  • Chelsea are close to reaching a verbal agreement with Independiente del Valle to sign 15-year-old Ecuadorian midfielder Kendry Paez, who will be able to join when he turns 18.
    (Fabrizio Romano)


  • Inter Miami boss Phil Neville says the Major League Soccer club are interested in signing Paris St-Germain's Argentina forward Lionel Messi, 35, and Barcelona's Spanish midfielder Sergio Busquets, 34. Both will be out of contract in the summer.
    (Times)


  • Barcelona president Joan Laporta is increasingly confident that Messi can be persuaded to return to the Nou Camp.
    (90 Min)



MANAGEMENT STUFF

  • Southampton appoint Ruben Selles as manager until end of season after stunning win over Chelsea
    (Sun)


OTHER STUFF

  • Manchester United are keen to offer a new long-term contract to Argentina Under-20 forward Alejandro Garnacho. The 18-year-old is out of contract in the summer of 2024 and the club want to reward him with a significant pay rise.
    (Daily Mail)


  • Bukayo Saka has told Arsenal he wants to stay, with the Premier League leaders closing in on securing their brilliant forward to a new contract worth a minimum £10m a year.
    (Sun)


  • Newcastle's players will share bonuses of £1m if they win the club's first trophy in 48 years in the Carabao Cup final against Manchester United on Sunday.
    (Sun)


  • Legendary football commentator John Motson has died at the age of 77, the BBC has announced.
    (Sky Sports)


  • England's "big six" clubs face paying millions of pounds each year to fund the new independent regulator for football under plans announced by the government.
    (Times)




















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