{"id":671384,"date":"2026-05-14T23:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/671384\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T23:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T23:25:08","slug":"football-gossip-fernandes-valverde-soule-malen-maignan-lewandowski-hjulmand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/671384\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Fernandes, Valverde, Soule, Malen, Maignan, Lewandowski, Hjulmand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Paris St-Germain keen on West Ham<\/a> midfielder Mateus Fernandes, Manchester City<\/a> and PSG have interest in Real Madrid midfielder Federico Valverde and Manchester United<\/a> monitoring Sporting Lisbon midfielder Morten Hjulmand.<\/p>\n

Paris St-Germain are among the clubs interested in 21-year-old West Ham<\/a> and Portugal midfielder Mateus Fernandes. (Athletic – subscription required) , external<\/a><\/p>\n

Arsenal<\/a> are also interested in Fernandes and are open to selling Denmark midfielder Christian Norgaard, 32, who hasn’t made an impact since joining from Brentford<\/a> last summer. (The Times – subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Uruguay midfielder Federico Valverde wants to stay at Real Madrid but, Manchester City<\/a> and Paris St-Germain are waiting in the wings, if the Spanish club decide to sell the 27-year-old. (AS – in Spanish), external<\/a> <\/p>\n

Aston Villa<\/a> want to sign Argentine forward Matias Soule, 23, from Roma after the conditions for 27-year-old Dutch winger Donyell Malen’s loan move from the Midlands side to the Italian club to turn into a permanent switch were triggered. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a> are targeting a move for AC Milan keeper Mike Maignan but the Stamford Bridge club’s hopes of landing the 30-year-old France international could be hindered if they do not secure a Champions League spot. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian), external<\/a> <\/p>\n

Brazil international Joao Pedro has been linked with Barcelona but Chelsea<\/a> have no intention of selling the 24-year-old striker. (Mail), external<\/a> <\/p>\n

Bayer Leverkusen are set to sack manager Kasper Hjulmand, who took over from Erik ten Hag in September. (Sky Sports Germany), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Porto president Andre Villas Boas says it is “financially impossible” for the club to sign 37-year-old Poland forward Robert Lewandowski, who has been linked with a move away from Barcelona. (Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Everton<\/a>, Crystal Palace<\/a> and Bournemouth<\/a> have approached FC Midtjylland in pursuit of 22-year-old Chile midfielder Dario Osorio. (Give Me Sport), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> are monitoring Sporting Lisbon and Denmark midfielder Morten Hjulmand, 26, who is also on Arsenal<\/a>‘s radar. (Caught Offside), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Middlesbrough midfielder Hayden Hackney, 23, is set to leave the Riverside club if their defeat to Southampton in the Championship play-off semi-final stands, and Newcastle United<\/a> could make a move for the English player. (Chronicle), external<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paris St-Germain keen on West Ham midfielder Mateus Fernandes, Manchester City and PSG have interest in Real Madrid…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":671385,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-671384","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\/671384","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=671384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/671385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}