Football gossip: Watkins, Rashford, Dibling, Duran, Tel, Osimhen
2025-01-30
Category: sports

Arsenal to make second bid for Ollie Watkins, Manchester United hold talks with Barcelona over Marcus Rashford loan move, Tottenham, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund want Tyler Dibling. Arsenal are expected to make an improved second attempt to sign 29-year-old Aston Villa and England striker Ollie Watkins, who grew up as an Gunners fan. (Mail), externalManchester United are in tentative talks with Barcelona over a loan move for England forward Marcus Rashford, 27, but there are doubts over whether the Spanish club will be able to complete a deal before Monday's deadline. (Telegraph - subscription required), externalGerman clubs Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund have joined Tottenham in the race to sign Southampton's 18-year-old English winger Tyler Dibling. (Sun), externalColombia striker Jhon Duran, 21, is expected to undergo a medical in London on Thursday ahead of a proposed 77m euro (Â£64m) plus add-ons move from Aston Villa to Al Nassr. (Athletic - subscription required) , externalArsenal are ready to make Bayern Munich an offer for France Under-21 attacker Mathys Tel, 19, before the close of the January transfer window. (Football Transfers), externalBoth the Gunners and Chelsea are investigating a move for Tel, while Manchester United are also monitoring the player's situation. (Independent), externalTottenham are also interested in signing Tel on loan this month. (Mail) , externalNapoli have rejected a 65m euro (Â£54.5m) bid from Galatasaray to make 26-year-old Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen's loan move permanent. (Corriere dello Sport - in Italian), externalNewcastle United are set to beat several Premier League clubs to the signing of 18-year-old Republic of Ireland youth international winger Kyle Fitzgerald from Galway United. (Football Insider), externalNapoli have informed 20-year-old Argentina winger Alejandro Garnacho's representatives that they would be open to try to sign him again if Manchester United reduce their demands. (Fabrizio Romano) , externalSteven Gerrard has reportedly requested to leave Saudi Pro League side Al Ettifaq after 18 months, according to reports in Saudi Arabia. (Mirror), externalTorino are the favourites to sign Chelsea's Italian midfielder Cesare Casadei, 22, with Lazio now out of the running. (Gianlucadimarzio - in Italian), external