Monday, December 23, 2024

Football gossip: De Ligt, Yamal, Kimmich, Olmo, Isak, Elanga, O’Brien – BBC Sport

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Manchester United open talks with Matthijs de Ligt, Paris St-Germain consider world-record bid for Lamine Yamal and Manchester City are interested in Joshua Kimmich and Dani Olmo.

Manchester United have opened talks with 24-year-old Netherlands centre-back Matthijs de Ligt, who is ready to leave Bayern Munich this summer. (Sky Sport Germany)

Paris St-Germain are prepared to pay a world-record transfer fee to sign Spain winger Lamine Yamal, 16, from Barcelona. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)

Manchester City are interested in signing Bayern Munich’s Germany midfielder Joshua Kimmich, 29, and RB Leipzig’s Spain winger Dani Olmo, 26. (Sun)

Chelsea have discussed including Senegal striker Nicolas Jackson, 23, as part of a deal for Newcastle United’s Sweden striker Alexander Isak, 24. (Sun)

Chelsea are also ready to offer England midfielder Conor Gallagher, 24, Albania striker Armando Broja, 22, and English centre-back Trevoh Chalobah, 24, as potential makeweights in a deal for Isak. (Football Insider)

Arsenal remain interested in Isak and can match Newcastle’s asking price, yet the Gunners are likely to prioritise a midfield signing. (Football Transfers)

Newcastle are in advanced talks with Nottingham Forest over a move for Sweden winger Anthony Elanga, 22, with Scottish midfielder Elliot Anderson, 21, likely to move in the opposite direction. (Talksport)

Senegal centre-back Moussa Niakhate, 28, is set to complete a move from Forest to Lyon. (Fabrizio Romano)

West Ham have approached Metz about signing Georgia striker Georges Mikautadze, 23, and are also monitoring Lyon’s Republic of Ireland defender Jake O’Brien, 23. (Guardian)

Crystal Palace are in line for a significant cash windfall from O’Brien’s next move as they included a sell-on clause of up to 25% when they sold him to Lyon last summer. (Mail)

Crystal Palace are interested in Emile Smith Rowe, who can leave Arsenal for £25m, but the England midfielder, 23, is keen to stay with the Gunners. (Sun)

Former France defender Raphael Varane, 31, has arrived in Italy to discuss a potential move to Como after leaving Manchester United. (Sky Sport Italia – in Italian)

Vasco da Gama have beaten off competition from Brazilian rivals to reach an agreement with Philippe Coutinho over a summer move after the Brazil winger, 32, agreed for Aston Villa to terminate his contract. (Globo – in Portuguese)

Leicester City have rejected Chelsea’s opening bid for English midfielder Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall, 25. (90min)

Wolves have agreed a deal to sign Norway striker Jorgen Strand Larsen, 24, from Celta Vigo. (AS – in Spanish)

Borussia Dortmund have made a “massive” offer to Tottenham’s English winger Mikey Moore, 16. (Football Insider)

Dortmund are also close to signing Italian striker Samuele Inacio, 16, from Atalanta after beating off competition from Bayern Munich. (Sky Sport Germany – in German)

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