{"id":39660,"date":"2025-08-02T09:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/39660\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T09:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T09:29:15","slug":"football-gossip-kolo-muani-garnacho-simons-guerra-john-victor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/39660\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Kolo Muani, Garnacho, Simons, Guerra, John Victor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Three Premier League clubs are keen on Randal Kolo Muani, Alejandro Garnacho is still pushing for a move to Chelsea and the Blues&#8217; move for Xavi Simons has hit a snag.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tottenham, Manchester United and Newcastle are monitoring the situation of Paris St-Germain striker Randal Kolo Muani, 26, after the French international&#8217;s move to Juventus stalled. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leparisien.fr\/sports\/football\/psg\/mercato-psg-pourquoi-le-transfert-de-kolo-muani-a-la-juventus-tarde-a-se-concretiser-31-07-2025-3RWKFOSORBAV7AHZNLVDTFYB24.php\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Le Parisien &#8211; in French), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester United&#8217;s Argentine winger Alejandro Garnacho, 21, is still keen on a move to Chelsea as he attempts to leave Old Trafford this summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1951216333254762969\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chelsea&#8217;s bid to sign RB Leipzig&#8217;s Dutch forward Xavi Simons, 22, has hit a snag as the Bundesliga side do not want any of the Premier League club&#8217;s squad players in part-exchange. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/36106180\/chelsea-xavi-simons-transfer-nkunku\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sun), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Valencia are closing in on a new deal for Spanish midfielder Javi Guerra, 22, who is attracting interest from Manchester United and AC Milan. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/futbol\/valencia\/2025\/08\/01\/valencia-acerca-posturas-renovacion-javi-guerra.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Marca &#8211; in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">West Ham have submitted a bid worth 8m euros (\u00a36.9m) for Botafogo&#8217;s Brazilian goalkeeper John Victor, 29, while Galatasaray, Everton and Manchester United have previously shown interest. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1951260282459656432\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Lyon are in talks with Liverpool over a possible deal for English midfielder Tyler Morton, 22. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/31771\/12476234\/transfer-centre-live-football-transfer-news-updates-and-rumours?postid=9964520#liveblog-body\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sky Sports), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester City are willing to sell English midfielders Jack Grealish, 29, James McAtee, 22, and 29-year-old Kalvin Phillips, as well as German keeper Stefan Ortega, 32, this summer, provided they receive suitable offers. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6526978\/2025\/08\/01\/manchester-city-squad-guardiola-trim\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Athletic &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">AZ Alkmaar left-back David Moller Wolfe, 23, is travelling to England for a medical at Wolves, with the Norwegian set for a \u00a312m move. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/31771\/12476234\/transfer-centre-live-football-transfer-news-updates-and-rumours?postid=9963339#liveblog-body\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sky Sports), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Inter Milan defender Yann Bisseck, 24, has rejected a move to Crystal Palace, who had a \u00a328m bid accepted for the German. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Calciomercato\/Inter\/01-08-2025\/bisseck-rifiuta-l-offerta-del-crystal-palace-vuole-restare-all-inter.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\">Atalanta have rejected a \u00a336.5m bid from Inter for Nigeria winger Ademola Lookman as they hold out for at least \u00a343.5m for the 27-year-old. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1951295620083269926\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Middlesbrough have agreed a deal worth \u00a33.5m for Blackburn&#8217;s English right-back Callum Brittain, 27. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/31771\/12476234\/transfer-centre-live-football-transfer-news-updates-and-rumours?postid=9963101#liveblog-body\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sky Sports), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three Premier League clubs are keen on Randal Kolo Muani, Alejandro Garnacho is still pushing for a move&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-39660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39660","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=39660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}