{"id":497747,"date":"2026-02-23T00:10:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/497747\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T00:10:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T00:10:19","slug":"football-gossip-rodri-celik-alvarez-woltemade-vicario-fresneda-chalobah-white","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/497747\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Rodri, Celik, Alvarez, Woltemade, Vicario, Fresneda, Chalobah, White"},"content":{"rendered":"

Real Madrid and Barcelona will try to tempt Rodri from Manchester City<\/a>, Liverpool<\/a>‘s hopes of signing Zeki Celik are boosted, while Arsenal<\/a> and Chelsea<\/a> want Julian Alvarez.<\/p>\n

Manchester City<\/a> will face a fight to keep hold of Spain midfielder Rodri this summer, with both Real Madrid and Barcelona keen on the 29-year-old. (Bild – in German), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a>‘s hopes of signing Roma defender Zeki Celik have been boosted after his agent dismissed the prospect of the 29-year-old Turkey international joining Juventus. (Mirror) , external<\/a><\/p>\n

Arsenal<\/a> and Chelsea<\/a> are pushing Barcelona hard in the chase for Atletico Madrid’s 26-year-old Argentina forward Julian Alvarez. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Juventus have identified Tottenham<\/a>‘s 29-year-old Italy goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario as a top target this summer, but will face competition from Inter Milan. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a> will only sell Germany striker Nick Woltemade this summer if the 24-year-old demands a move away from the club. (Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Arsenal<\/a> are in front of Manchester City<\/a> and Newcastle<\/a> in the race to sign Sporting’s 21-year-old Spanish defender Ivan Fresneda. (Fichajes – in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Fresneda’s arrival could see 28-year-old England defender Ben White leave Arsenal<\/a>. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> and Arsenal<\/a> are favourites to sign Eintracht Frankfurt’s 22-year-old Germany defender Nathaniel Brown this summer. (Caughtoffside), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a> could allow 26-year-old England defender Trevoh Chalobah to join Aston Villa<\/a> this summer if the Blues can sign a replacement. (Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Real Madrid and Barcelona will try to tempt Rodri from Manchester City, Liverpool‘s hopes of signing Zeki Celik…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-497747","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\/497747","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=497747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}