Football gossip: Salah, Alexander-Arnold, Gyokeres, Mbeumo, Rashford, Garnacho, Hernandez
2025-01-16
Category: sports

Mohamed Salah set for big Saudi offer, Arsenal have two attacking targets in their sights and Napoli eye a double raid on Manchester United...Egypt forward Mohamed Salah, 32, is set to be offered a Â£65m payday to tempt him to leave Liverpool for Saudi Arabia in the summer. (Sun), externalReal Madrid have backed off in their pursuit of Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold, 26, and will return for the England defender in the summer. (Relevo - in Spanish), externalArsenal are considering options to reinforce their attack with Sporting's Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres, 26, and Brentford's Cameroon forward Bryan Mbeumo, 25, on their list. (L'Equipe - in French), externalNapoli are set to join the race to sign 27-year-old England and Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford. (Sun), externalNapoli are also confident of signing Alejandro Garnacho, 20, from Manchester United and have offered the Argentina winger a five-year contract. (Il Mattino - in Italian), externalHowever, the Serie A side will face competition from Tottenham for Garnacho. (Football Transfers), externalBrighton have expressed an interest in English centre-back Tosin Adarabioyo, 27, who joined Chelsea in July. (Mail), externalDeportivo La Coruna have turned down an offer from Chelsea for 22-year-old Spanish winger Yeremay Hernandez. (Metro), externalCity Football Group, the parent company of Manchester City, is in talks to sign Juma Bah, 18, who is on loan at Real Valladolid from AIK Freetong, in his home country of Sierra Leone. (ESPN), externalWest Ham want to cut their losses on Brazilian Luis Guilherme, 18, and sell the forward just seven months after signing him. (Times), external
Manchester United have held talks with several clubs, including Real Betis, as they attempt to offload 24-year-old Brazil winger Antony this month. (Sun), externalChelsea are unlikely to sign England defender Marc Guehi, 24, from Crystal Palace this month after recalling Trevoh Chalobah, 25, from a loan spell at Selhurst Park. (Mail), externalNewcastle have rejected a bid of Â£11m from Fenerbahce for 26-year-old English defender Lloyd Kelly. (Athletic), externalAston Villa have started talks with English midfielder Louie Barry, 21, over a new contract amid interest from Celtic. (Football Insider), externalChelsea and France centre-back Axel Disasi, 26, is attracting interest from Juventus, Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen. (Caught Offside), externalWest Ham want to bring in Nottingham Forest's 27-year-old Nigeria striker Taiwo Awoniyi. (Florian Plettenberg), externalMLS side Atlanta United are hoping to reunite with Paraguay midfielder Miguel Almiron, 30, and could pay Newcastle in the region of Â£11m. (Athletic), externalAston Villa have been approached by Galatasaray over the possibility of a deal for Brazilian Diego Carlos, 31. (Fabrizio Romano), externalCeltic are close to agreeing pre-contract terms with Arsenal's Scotland left-back Kieran Tierney, 27, whose contract expires at the end of the season. The Scottish champions are also exploring signing him on loan this month. (Sky Sports), externalEverton, Burnley and Sheffield United are all interested in signing Leicester City striker Tom Cannon, 22, after the Republic of Ireland international was recalled from a loan spell at Stoke City. (Mail), external