FOOTBALL TRANSFER GOSSIP:
- Chelsea will not be able to recall Romelu Lukaku in the January transfer window despite their current injury crisis.
- Chelsea face competition from Manchester United and Liverpool for Borussia Dortmund’s Youssoufa Moukoko, but interested clubs will have to convince the Germany striker, 18, that he will not be signed to sit on the bench.
- Manchester United and Arsenal seem the most likely options for Felix, with Atletico willing to listen to offers of more than 100m euros (£85.9m).
- Barcelona are interested in Boca Juniors‘ Argentine midfielder Alan Varela, but Ajax and Benfica have also been in talks over signing the 21-year-old, who could be available for 15m euros (£12.9m).
- Bayern Munich are in negotiations about the early return of German goalkeeper Alexander Nubel, 26, from his loan spell at Monaco, rather than making a new signing to replace the injured Manuel Neuer.
- Jefferson Lerma has rejected multiple new contract offers at Bournemouth so the Colombia midfielder, 28, could leave on a free transfer when his contract expires next summer.
- Manchester United are set to make an enquiry about the availability of Benfica’s Portugal striker Goncalo Ramos, 21, although manager Erik ten Hag has been told it is not certain a striker will arrive in January.
- Chelsea are not looking to bring forward their plans to sign France striker Christopher Nkunku, 25, from RB Leipzig in the summer, despite the season-ending injury suffered by their Albania striker Armando Broja, 21.
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- Real Madrid are interested in signing Netherlands forward Cody Gakpo, 23, from PSV Eindhoven to succeed France striker Karim Benzema, 34.
FOOTBALL TRANSFER GOSSIP
- Leicester could be willing to pay as much as 45m euros (£38.7m) to sign Azzedine Ounahi from Angers, although Barcelona have also been watching the Morocco midfielder, 22.
- Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has been promised massive funds to rebuild his squad – despite plans by the Glazer family to sell the club.
- Manchester United are working on signing Netherlands right-back Denzel Dumfries, 26, from Inter Milan, which could open the door for Barcelona to sign United’s Portugal right-back Diogo Dalot, 23.
- Liverpool target Enzo Fernandez, 21, will not be leaving Benfica unless an interested party meets the Argentina midfielder’s release clause of 120m euros (£103.2m).
- Fulham want to sign Arsenal’s Portugal right-back Cedric Soares, 31, in January.
- Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic, 22, will leave Juventus in 2023, with a January exit not being ruled out. Chelsea are among the clubs who are in contact with his agent.
- Arsenal will attempt to sign Youri Tielemans from Leicester City in January, but believe a move in the summer, when the 25-year-old Belgium midfielder is out of contract, is most likely.
- Ajax have agreed to let Netherlands defender Daley Blind, 32, leave the club on a free transfer in January.
- English winger Samuel Iling-Junior, 19, has agreed to sign a four-year contract extension at Juventus, with his current deal set to expire in the summer.
- Arsenal are in a bidding war with Newcastle and a number of other Premier League clubs over top target Mykhaylo Mudryk.
- Manchester City stand to receive about £4.5m from Fifa for their 16 players involved at the World Cup in Qatar – the most of any club in the world.
- Shakhtar Donetsk intend to argue that FIFA breached Ukrainian law, Swiss law and European Union competition law when the Ukrainian club’s £43m legal case against world football’s governing body is heard at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland next week.
