{"id":745471,"date":"2026-06-18T23:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T23:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/745471\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T23:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T23:20:09","slug":"football-gossip-monga-barcola-fernandez-barry-de-cat-thuram","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/745471\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Monga, Barcola, Fernandez, Barry, De Cat, Thuram"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal<\/a>‘s opening bid for Jeremy Monga rejected by Leicester, Gunners also preparing bid for Bradley Barcola and RB Leipzig make contact with Everton<\/a> over Barry. <\/p>\n

Arsenal<\/a> have had their first bid for Leicester City and England Under-19 winger Jeremy Monga rejected \u2013 the 19-year-old one of the club’s long-term targets for the summer. (Telegraph – subscription required) , external<\/a><\/p>\n

The Gunners are also preparing a bid for Paris St-Germain and France winger Bradley Barcola, 23. (Independent) , external<\/a><\/p>\n

RB Leipzig have made contact with Everton<\/a> over 23-year-old France Under-21 striker Thierno Barry. (Times – subscription required) , external<\/a><\/p>\n

Real Madrid are looking to continue their summer rebuild by signing a midfielder and a centre-back, with Chelsea<\/a> and Argentina midfielder Enzo Fernandez, 25, being one of the options highly rated by the club. (ESPN) , external<\/a><\/p>\n

The Toffees are yet to receive a formal offer for Barry, but if a bid arrives from German side RB Leipzig or any other club, Everton<\/a>‘s football leadership group will decide how to proceed. (Liverpool Echo) , external<\/a><\/p>\n

Tottenham<\/a> are firmly in the mix to sign Anderlecht and Belgium midfielder Nathan De Cat, with Manchester United<\/a> among the 17-year-old’s other admirers from the Premier League. (Teamtalk) , external<\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a> have reignited their interest in 25-year-old Juventus and France midfielder Khephren Thuram. (Corriere dello Sport via Football Talk) , external<\/a><\/p>\n

The Reds are also pursuing a central midfielder, centre-back and right-back after triggering 22-year-old Osasuna and Spain winger Victor Munoz’s 40m euro (\u00a334.5m) release clause. (Football Insider) , external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal‘s opening bid for Jeremy Monga rejected by Leicester, Gunners also preparing bid for Bradley Barcola and RB…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":745472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-745471","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\/745471","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=745471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/745471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/745472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=745471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=745471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=745471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}