{"id":675645,"date":"2026-05-16T23:36:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T23:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/675645\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T23:36:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T23:36:08","slug":"football-gossip-silva-pedro-wijnaldum-tchaouna-gnonto-bastoni-luiz-de-ketelaere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/675645\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Silva, Pedro, Wijnaldum, Tchaouna, Gnonto, Bastoni, Luiz, De Ketelaere"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Juventus are hoping to beat their rivals to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a>&#8216;s Bernardo Silva, Barcelona continue their interest in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a>&#8216;s Joao Pedro and Coventry City are looking at a move for Dutch midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Juventus plan to step up their efforts to sign Portugal attacking midfielder Bernardo Silva, who will leave <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a> in the summer, as they try to beat Atletico Madrid and Barcelona to the 31-year-old&#8217;s signature. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corrieredellosport.it\/news\/calcio\/serie-a\/juve\/2026\/05\/16-148602262\/la_juve_accelera_per_bernardo_silva_spalletti_lo_vuole_niente_intesa_con_vlahovic\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Corriere dello Sport &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Barcelona sporting director Deco was expected at the FA Cup Final to watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> striker Joao Pedro, despite the Blues not wanting to sell the 24-year-old Brazil international. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/sport\/football\/article-15823363\/Decos-FA-Cup-final-transfer-plot-Barcelona-chief-Joao-Pedro.html\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Mail), external<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Premier League newcomers Coventry City are weighing up a deal for 35-year-old Netherlands midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum, whose contract with Al-Ettifaq is set to run out in the summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/coventry-city-set-sights-on-signing-georginio-wijnaldum\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/everton\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Everton<\/a> are keen on signing a winger in the summer and are monitoring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/burnley\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burnley<\/a>&#8216;s 22-year-old Loum Tchaouna, who has represented the France Under-21 team. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/everton-scouts-closely-watching-loum-tchaouna-as-shortlist-revealed\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/leeds-united\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds United<\/a> forward Wilfried Gnonto, 22, is wanted by German club SC Freiburg and the Elland Road club are open to the Italy international being sold or leaving on a loan with an obligation to buy. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/2055723655347277990\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Sky Sports Germany), external<\/a>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Italy defender Alessandro Bastoni, 27, has been heavily linked with Barcelona but would be happy to stay at Inter Milan if a move to the Spanish club does not materialise. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Serie-A\/Inter\/16-05-2026\/bastoni-tentenna-ecco-perche-ora-puo-rimanere-all-inter.shtml\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Gazzetta dello Sport &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Juventus could decide to give Brazil midfielder Douglas Luiz, who is on loan at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/aston-villa\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aston Villa<\/a>, another chance to impress unless they manage to sell the 28-year-old. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Calciomercato\/Juventus\/16-05-2026\/douglas-luiz-torna-alla-juve-l-ultima-idea-di-spalletti.shtml\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Gazzetta dello Sport &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bayern Munich have an interest in 25-year-old Atalanta and Belgium forward Charles De Ketelaere but only as an alternative if a move for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/newcastle-united\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle United<\/a>&#8216;s England winger Anthony Gordon, 25, fails. <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/de-ketelaere-targeted-by-bayern-munich-gordon\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Italia), external<\/a>   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Juventus are hoping to beat their rivals to sign Manchester City&#8216;s Bernardo Silva, Barcelona continue their interest in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":675646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-675645","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\/675645","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=675645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/675645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/675646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=675645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=675645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=675645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}