{"id":247327,"date":"2025-10-28T23:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/247327\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T23:00:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T23:00:11","slug":"football-gossip-paqueta-mctominay-mainoo-rodri-ter-stegen-rogers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/247327\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Paqueta, McTominay, Mainoo, Rodri, Ter Stegen, Rogers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lucas Paqueta wants to leave West Ham, Tottenham are keen on Scott McTominay, and Napoli will make another attempt to sign Kobbie Mainoo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Brazil midfielder Lucas Paqueta, 28, is keen to leave West Ham in January. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/sport\/football\/article\/lucas-paqueta-west-ham-leave-january-zzc2rbvmd\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Times &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tottenham are keen on signing 28-year-old Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay from Napoli. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/scott-mctominay-napoli-2026-spurs-move\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Napoli will make another attempt to sign 20-year-old England midfielder Kobbie Mainoo from Manchester United in January. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Serie-A\/Napoli\/28-10-2025\/napoli-anguissa-in-coppa-d-africa-a-dicembre-idea-pellegrino-e-mainoo.shtml\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Gazzetta dello Sport &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester City have opened negotiations with Spain defensive midfielder Rodri, 29, over a new contract and are confident of striking a deal by the end of the year. (<a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/manchester-city-confident-of-agreeing-new-rodri-contract-before-january\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TBR Football, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tottenham are unlikely to sign Marc-Andre ter Stegen from Barcelona in January, but a loan move to Chelsea could be possible for the Germany goalkeeper, 33. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/marc-andre-ter-stegen-spurs-chelsea-loan-barcelona-2026-transfer\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chelsea and Tottenham showed serious interest in Morgan Rogers, 23, during the summer but Aston Villa are currently holding talks with the England attacking midfielder over a new contract. (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Y9Ec5c6T9Oc?si=zS651Zj63u6zxE94&amp;t=330\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fabrizio Romano, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fabio Carvalho will leave Brentford in January, with a permanent move being considered for the 23-year-old Portuguese winger. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1983161830123122849\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Florian Plettenberg), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sunderland are plotting another loan move for Marc Guiu in January after Chelsea recalled the 19-year-old Spanish striker just two games into a loan move they agreed last summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sunderland-work-on-signing-chelsea-star-in-january-hes-already-agreed-terms\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Transfers), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chelsea are looking to strengthen at right-back with the addition of Strasbourg&#8217;s Guela Doue, though Aston Villa and Brighton are also in the race for the 23-year-old Ivory Coast defender. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-chelsea-frontrunners-to-sign-25-yr-old-amid-reece-james-concerns\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Transfers), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Liverpool are among the clubs considering a move for Club Brugge&#8217;s Joel Ordonez, with Newcastle and Aston Villa also in the race to sign the 21-year-old Ecuador centre-back. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ekremkonur\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Ekrem Konur), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester United are in negotiations over a transfer for AIK&#8217;s 16-year-old Swedish forward Kevin Filling. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1983108739306827787\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Florian Plettenberg), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Robbie Keane, Kieran McKenna and Ange Postecoglou are all on the shortlist to succeed Brendan Rodgers as the next permanent Celtic manager. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2025\/10\/28\/next-celtic-manager-robbie-keane-kieran-mckenna-postecoglou\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Telegraph &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lucas Paqueta wants to leave West Ham, Tottenham are keen on Scott McTominay, and Napoli will make another&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247328,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-247327","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247327","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}