{"id":498910,"date":"2026-02-23T13:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/498910\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:32:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:32:11","slug":"transfer-news-live-real-madrid-barcelona-want-rodri-as-arsenal-lead-fresneda-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/498910\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer news LIVE: Real Madrid & Barcelona want Rodri as Arsenal lead Fresneda race"},"content":{"rendered":"

February 23rd\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Transfer<\/p>\n

\n \u00a9IMAGO\n <\/p>\n

The January transfer window is now little more than a dot in the rearview mirror and as such European football has got back to the business of winning games and challenging for as much silverware and success as possible between now and the end of the season. However, as all football fans know, the rumour mill never truly sleeps and while the summer transfer window may be many months away, there are still plenty of top stories to dig into in the meantime.<\/p>\n

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Managers will be constantly assessing their squads with sporting directors and recruitment staff scanning the market for potential deals this summer. The rumour mill is still gathering pace and we’ve collated some of the biggest current transfer stories – you can access the full rumour below.<\/p>\n

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\nToday’s biggest transfer stories<\/p>\n

Real Madrid<\/a> and Barcelona<\/a> both want to sign Rodri<\/a> this summer, according to Bild<\/a>. The Manchester City star has constantly been linked with a return to Spain and the two LaLiga giants could test the waters at the end of the season.<\/p>\n

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Arsenal<\/a> are leading the race ahead of Manchester City<\/a> and Newcastle for Iv\u00e1n Fresneda<\/a>. The 21-year-old defender has enjoyed an excellent season in Portugal and Sporting CP<\/a> will probably sell him this summer.<\/p>\n

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Liverpool<\/a> are still favourites to sign Zeki \u00c7elik<\/a> from Roma this summer. The 29-year-old’s agent has played down reports that he will join Juventus with Liverpool his preferred destination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"February 23rd\u00a0 \u00a9IMAGO The January transfer window is now little more than a dot in the rearview mirror…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498911,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[18088,230275,56146,7382,24423,64,63,230274,937,22706,24424,6187,24420,201674,11111,230273,143402,78339,24418,596,8314,24421,230272,7886,2354,1525,24419,22455,85,10988],"class_list":{"0":"post-498910","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-ac-milan","9":"tag-alessandro-bastoni","10":"tag-antoine-semenyo","11":"tag-arsenal-fc","12":"tag-atletico-de-madrid","13":"tag-au","14":"tag-australia","15":"tag-ayyoub-bouaddi","16":"tag-barcelona","17":"tag-bayern-munich","18":"tag-borussia-dortmund","19":"tag-chelsea","20":"tag-chelsea-fc","21":"tag-conor-gallagher","22":"tag-curtis-jones","23":"tag-deinner-ordonez","24":"tag-endrick","25":"tag-erling-haaland","26":"tag-fc-barcelona","27":"tag-football","28":"tag-gabriel-jesus","29":"tag-inter-milan","30":"tag-kees-smit","31":"tag-liverpool-fc","32":"tag-manchester-city","33":"tag-manchester-united","34":"tag-paris-saint-germain","35":"tag-real-madrid","36":"tag-sports","37":"tag-tottenham-hotspur"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498910","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=498910"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498910\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}