{"id":709183,"date":"2026-06-01T23:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T23:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/709183\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T23:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T23:04:09","slug":"football-gossip-cucurella-palestra-diomande-palestra-guardiola-silva-rashford-sangare-hackney-guessand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/709183\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Cucurella, Palestra, Diomande, Palestra, Guardiola, Silva, Rashford, Sangare, Hackney, Guessand"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea<\/a> defender Marc Cucurella is linked with a return to Spain, Liverpool<\/a> are keen on teenage RB Leipzig forward Yan Diomande, while Newcastle<\/a> face competition for Atalanta right-back Marco Palestra.<\/p>\n

Marc Cucurella’s future at Chelsea<\/a> is in doubt after several clubs contacted the left-back’s representatives over a move away from Stamford Bridge. Atletico Madrid, Barcelona and Real Madrid are said to be among those interested in the 27-year-old Spain international. (The Athletic – subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a> are keen on RB Leipzig forward Yan Diomande but have yet to reach a verbal agreement over a deal for the 19-year-old Ivory Coast striker. (Sky Sports), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a> have identified Atalanta’s Italy right-back Marco Palestra, 21, as a prime summer target but could face competition from Manchester City<\/a>, Arsenal<\/a> and Inter Milan. (Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Inter Miami co-owner David Beckham wants to hire Pep Guardiola as manager of the Major League Soccer side following his departure from Manchester City<\/a>, but the Spaniard will reject any offer of an immediate return to the dugout. (Mirror), external<\/a> <\/p>\n

Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva is set to sign a two-year contract with Barcelona after leaving Manchester City<\/a> and the 31-year-old would like the move made official before the end of the week. (AS – in Spanish), external<\/a> <\/p>\n

England forward Marcus Rashford, 28, may have to join up with Manchester United<\/a> during pre-season as a move to Barcelona, where he was on loan last season, has stalled. (Times – subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> want to offload Rashford to help new head coach Michael Carrick’s transfer budget and, while Arsenal<\/a>, Chelsea<\/a>, Newcastle<\/a> and Tottenham<\/a> are monitoring the situation, the club are reluctant to sell him to one of their top-flight rivals. (Mirror), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Nottingham Forest<\/a> will hold talks with 28-year-old midfielder Ibrahim Sangare over a new contract amid interest in the Ivorian from Manchester United<\/a> and Besiktas. (Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Middlesbrough midfielder Hayden Hackney, 23, is a target for Manchester United<\/a>, whose manager Michael Carrick is familiar with the English player having worked with him during a stint in charge of the Teesside club. (Northern Echo), external<\/a> <\/p>\n

Ivory Coast forward Evann Guessand, 24, is considering his options after the expiry of a clause in his loan from Aston Villa<\/a> to Crystal Palace<\/a> to make the move permanent. (Evening Standard), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunderland<\/a> goalkeeper Anthony Patterson is wanted by Wrexham, but the Welsh club need the Black Cats to reduce their asking price of \u00a38m-10m for the 26-year-old Englishman. (Sky Sports), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Aston Villa<\/a> are willing to let Spanish right-back Andres Garcia, 23, leave the club on loan in the summer, with Valencia and Elche among the interested clubs. (Tribuna Deportiva – in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Tottenham<\/a> have identified Eintracht Frankfurt winger Jean-Matteo Bahoya as a potential signing, but the Bundesliga club will not let the 21-year-old Frenchman leave on the cheap. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea defender Marc Cucurella is linked with a return to Spain, Liverpool are keen on teenage RB Leipzig…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":709184,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-709183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709183","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=709183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/709184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}