{"id":310938,"date":"2025-11-26T23:25:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/310938\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T23:25:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:25:09","slug":"football-gossip-anderson-willock-aghehowa-david-maignan-alvarez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/310938\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Anderson, Willock, Aghehowa, David, Maignan, Alvarez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nottingham Forest to turn down any bids for Elliot Anderson in January, Crystal Palace considering move for Newcastle United&#8217;s Joe Willock and Chelsea reopen contact with AC Milan keeper Mike Maignan&#8217;s camp.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nottingham Forest are determined to hold on to England midfielder Elliot Anderson, 23,  and will reject any bids for him during the January transfer window. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15329031\/Nottingham-Forest-REJECT-bid-Elliot-Anderson-January-Man-United.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester United are one of the clubs linked with Anderson and the Old Trafford club want to add to their wing-back options as well as bring in a central midfielder. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/soccer\/story\/_\/id\/47107371\/man-united-want-wing-back-midfielder-targets-sources\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(ESPN), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tottenham are keen on Spain striker Samu Aghehowa from Porto, with Arsenal and Chelsea also having an interest in the 21-year-old. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2025\/11\/26\/tottenham-lead-arsenal-in-race-for-samu-aghehowa-transfer\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Caught Offside), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Crystal Palace are weighing up making a January move for Newcastle United&#8217;s 26-year-old English midfielder Joe Willock. The Magpies could be persuaded to sell as they are keen to sign AZ Alkmaar&#8217;s 19-year-old Dutch midfielder Kees Smit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2025\/11\/26\/crystal-palace-joe-willock-newcastle-kees-smit\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Telegraph &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">West Ham are leading the race to sign Promise David from Union Saint-Gilloise in January, with Wolves and Leeds also interested in the 24-year-old Canada striker. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/west-ham-united\/promise-david-hammers-lead-race-leeds-wolves-rival-january-offers\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chelsea have reopened contact with Mike Maignan&#8217;s representatives after learning that the 30-year-old France goalkeeper does not intend to extend his contract with AC Milan next summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sky-sport.ch\/fr\/articles\/chelsea-active-l-operation-mike-maignan\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sky Sport &#8211; in French), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Denmark keeper Filip Jorgensen, 23, could be offloaded by Chelsea to make room for the arrival of Maignan or another keeper. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/chelsea-to-accept-filip-jorgensen-offer-after-opening-talks-with-world-class-goalkeeper\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Brazil forward Estevao Willian&#8217;s agent says the 18-year-old was offered to Barcelona before joining Chelsea but the Spanish club&#8217;s financial situation meant they could not sign him. <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3770355\/estevao-willian-agent-barcelona-chelsea\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Cadena Ser, via Talksport), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Atletico Madrid striker Julian Alvarez, 25, has been linked with a number of clubs but the La Liga side&#8217;s president, Enrique Cerezo, says the Argentina international wants to stay at the Spanish outfit. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/atletico-madrid\/20251126\/1002576452\/julian-alvarez-quiere-quedar-atletico.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Mundo Deportivo &#8211; in Spanish), external<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former Newcastle United owner Mike Ashley has failed with an opening offer of \u00a320m for Championship side Sheffield Wednesday, with the proposal more than \u00a310m less than rival bids. <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3770071\/mike-ashley-offer-sheffield-wednesday-newcastle-premier-league\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Talksport), external<\/a>   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nottingham Forest to turn down any bids for Elliot Anderson in January, Crystal Palace considering move for Newcastle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310939,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-310938","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\/310938","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=310938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310938\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}