Football gossip: Rashford, Marmoush, Mainoo, Murillo, Pereira
2025-01-08
Category: sports

Borussia Dortmund considering Marcus Rashford, Manchester City interested in Omar Marmoush, Chelsea frontrunners to sign Kobbie Mainoo.Borussia Dortmund and Juventus have joined AC Milan in weighing up a move for Manchester United's out-of-favour English forward Marcus Rashford, 27. (Sky Sports), externalManchester City are interested in a deal to sign 25-year-old Egypt forward Omar Marmoush, who is valued at Â£50m by Eintracht Frankfurt. (Espn), externalBut Eintracht are yet to receive an offer from City for Marmoush. (Sky Germany), externalChelsea are leading the race to sign 19-year-old England midfielder Kobbie Mainoo, whose contract talks with Manchester United have reached a stalemate. (Mail), externalMainoo, who is under contract until 2027, is unhappy with Manchester United's initial offer. (Manchester Evening News), externalUnited are willing to listen to serious offers for any of their players, including Mainoo, 20-year-old Argentina winger Alejandro Garnacho and Denmark forward Rasmus Hojlund, 21. (Guardian), externalNottingham Forest are in talks to extend the deal of 22-year-old Brazilian centre-back Murillo, which currently ends in 2028. (Athletic - subscription required), externalPalmeiras are interested in signing Brazilian attacking midfielder Andreas Pereira, 29, but are yet to agree terms with Fulham. (Fabrizio Romano), externalManchester United want to sign Hungary left-back Milos Kerkez but Bournemouth's Â£40m asking price for the 22-year-old could be a stumbling block. (Teamtalk), externalBorussia Dortmund are monitoring Chelsea's 21-year-old Austrian-English attacking midfielder Carney Chukwuemeka. (Sky Germany), externalArsenal are interested in Athletic Bilbao winger Nico Williams, 22, but will be unable to move for the Spaniard this month because of financial constraints. (Talksport), externalSouthampton are expecting to receive cut-price bids this month for 27-year-old English full-back Kyle Walker-Peters, whose contract expires this summer. (Football Insider), externalWest Ham boss Julen Lopetegui cancelled a team bonding meal that had been planned for Tuesday night as he waited to hear if he had been sacked by the club. (Telegraph - subscription required), externalLiverpool's owners Fenway Sports Group have not received any approaches for the club after Elon Musk's father Errol said his son was interested in buying the Reds. (Sky Sports), external