Mohamed Salah is set to play for Egypt at the Africa Cup of Nations in December and January, while Liverpool are still being linked with a move for Bournemouth striker Antoine Semenyo, 25, whose country Ghana failed to qualify. (Liverpool Echo)
Liverpool are also planning to submit a bid to sign AZ Alkmaar’s Dutch midfielder Kees Smit, 19. (Football News via TeamTalk)
Roma are in talks with Manchester United over a possible loan move for Joshua Zirkzee, 24, in January, which includes an option to sign the Dutch striker in the summer for €35m (£31m). (Soccer News via TeamTalk)
If Roma’s bid to sign Zirkzee fails, they will turn to Tottenham’s French striker Mathys Tel, 20. (Metro)
American midfielder Christian Pulisic, 27, wants to wait for AC Milan to qualify for next season’s Champions League before signing a new contract with the Serie A giants. (Calciomercato)
Manchester City are tracking Eintracht Frankfurt defender Nathaniel Brown, 22, who made his debut for the German national team in October. (Bild – in German)
Rangers manager Danny Rohl may be reluctant to sign midfielder Nicolas Raskin, 24, in January, with Tottenham one of the clubs reportedly interested in signing the Belgium international. (Football Insider)
Tottenham face the threat of losing former Everton striker Ademola Lookman, 28, after Atalanta changed managers. The Nigeria international fell out with his former boss Ivan Juric before being sacked. (TeamTalk)
United boss Ruben Amorim wants to sign Cameroon international Carlos Baleba, 21, from Brighton in a bid to strengthen his midfield, (Mirror)
Real Madrid are ready to receive offers of up to €20m (£17.69m) – from Sunderland, Aston Villa and Wolves – for the signing of Spain striker Gonzalo Garcia, 21. (Fichajes)
Real Madrid are in no rush to negotiate a contract with Austrian centre-back David Alaba, 33, who is in the final year of his current contract and has not played for the club’s first team since suffering a serious knee injury in December 2023. (AS).
Chelsea and Senegal striker Nicolas Jackson, 24, has no intention of ending his season-long loan move to Bayern Munich in order to complete a permanent move to another club in January. (Florian Plettenberg)
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