Friday’s Transfer Gossip: Ronaldo, Grimaldo, James, De Jong, Martinez, Lewandowski, Lenglet, Raphinha

Friday's Transfer Gossip: Ronaldo, Grimaldo, James, De Jong, Martinez, Lewandowski, Lenglet, Raphinha

  • Manchester United are willing to listen to offers for Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo, 37, this summer amid interest from Chelsea and Napoli.
  • Arsenal are considering a move for Benfica’s 26-year-old Spanish left-back Alex Grimaldo, with manager Mikel Arteta eager to add cover for Kieran Tierney.

 

  • Chelsea are looking to offer England defender Reece James, 22, a contract extension despite his current deal running to June 2025 – in an attempt to fend off interest from Manchester City and Real Madrid.

 

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  • Arsenal’s 21-year-old English midfielder Matt Smith is wanted by a host of Championship clubs including Millwall and Luton.

 

  • Newcastle remain in talks with Everton over the signing of 21-year-old English winger Anthony Gordon.
  • English left-back Omar Richards, 24, is set to leave Bayern Munich for Nottingham Forest.

 

  • Norwich City are interested in Manchester City’s 25-year-old Colombian forward Marlos Moreno.

 

  • Chelsea are set to offer Spain defenders Cesar Azpilicueta, 32, and Marcos Alonso, 31, plus £51m to beat Manchester United in the race to sign Barcelona’s 25-year-old Netherlands midfielder Frenkie de Jong.
  • Chelsea remain favourites to sign Raphinha for £55m, with Leeds still waiting on an offer from Barcelona for the 25-year-old Brazil forward.

 

  • Portugal forward Fabio Silva, 19, is set to join Anderlecht on a season-long loan from Wolves, who bought him for £35m two years ago.

 

  • Leeds are prepared to pay a club record £32m to sign 21-year-old Belgium striker Charles de Ketelaere from Club Bruges.

 

  • Chelsea are in advanced talks to sign Netherlands defender Nathan Ake, 27, from Manchester City.

 

  • Paris St-Germain want to sign Bayern Munich and Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, 33, and Sassuolo and Italy forward Gianluca Scamacca, 23.

 

  • Newcastle have joined Liverpool in being interested in 26-year-old Real Madrid and Spain winger Marco Asensio. 
  • Tottenham are close to signing Barcelona’s France defender Clement Lenglet, 27, on a season-long loan.

 

  • Manchester United have been asked to pay combined transfer fees of £106m to sign Argentina defender Lisandro Martinez, 24, and Brazil winger Antony, 22, from Ajax.

 

  • Fulham have made two offers for West Ham’s 25-year-old French defender Issa Diop.

 

  • Brentford boss Thomas Frank is adamant they will not give up on signing 30-year-old Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen, who is expected to join Manchester United.

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