{"id":30658,"date":"2025-07-29T00:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/30658\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T00:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:58:18","slug":"football-gossip-grealish-isak-wissa-sesko-traore-simons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/30658\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Grealish, Isak, Wissa, Sesko, Traore, Simons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Leeds have missed out on Igor Paixao, 25, despite lodging an improved second bid with Feyenoord as the Brazilian winger looks set to join Marseille. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1949871575152443663\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nottingham Forest are eyeing a move for Fulham and Spain winger Adama Traore, 29, who previously worked with manager Nuno Espirito Santo at Wolves. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2025\/07\/28\/nottingham-forest-adama-traore-dan-ndoye-club-record-signin\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Telegraph &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Forest are also on the verge of signing Switzerland international Dan Ndoye, 24, on a long-term contract for a club-record fee after he informed Bologna of his desire to play in the Premier League. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2025\/07\/28\/nottingham-forest-adama-traore-dan-ndoye-club-record-signin\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Telegraph \u2013 subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If Forest beat Napoli to Ndoye&#8217;s signature, the Italian club could step up their interest in Manchester City&#8217;s Grealish or Manchester United&#8217;s 21-year-old Argentina forward Alejandro Garnacho. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/36050746\/dan-ndoye-nottingham-forest-transfer-grealish-garnacho-napoli\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sun), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Everton are interested in Lyon&#8217;s Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 27, who they previously targeted in 2021 when the England midfielder was at Arsenal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/31771\/12476234\/transfer-centre-live-football-transfer-news-updates-and-rumours?postid=9948549#liveblog-body\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sky Sports), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chelsea have no intention of selling Spain left-back Marc Cucurella, 27, amid speculation with clubs in Saudi Arabia. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football.london\/chelsea-fc\/transfer-news\/chelsea-set-60m-transfer-stance-32152670\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football London), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Aston Villa and England midfielder Morgan Rogers, 23, is a top target for Chelsea and the Blues are ready to offer England defender Tosin Adarabioyo, 27, and Senegal striker Nicolas Jackson, 24, as well as a fee to secure a deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/exclusive-chelsea-offer-two-stars-in-sensational-morgan-rogers-swap-deal\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bayern Munich are the only club to express an interest in RB Leipzig midfielder Xavi Simons, 22, but the Netherlands international prefers a move to the Premier League. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bild.de\/sport\/fussball\/bundesliga-berater-eingeschaltet-bayern-kandidat-xavi-simons-will-nach-england-68789a610d28e0459fe53a82\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Bild &#8211; in German), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Liverpool, Everton, Aston Villa and Bournemouth are set to miss out on highly rated 20-year-old Frenchman Nathan Zeze, with the Nantes defender preferring a move to Saudi  Pro League side Neom SC. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/36044280\/liverpool-nathan-zeze-neom\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sun), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Everton, West Ham and Nottingham Forest are battling it out for Brazil midfielder Douglas Luiz, 27, who wants to leave Juventus this summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Calciomercato\/Juventus\/28-07-2025\/juve-douglas-luiz-come-arthur-similitudini-e-pericoli.shtml\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Gazzetta dello Sport &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester United&#8217;s English midfielder Toby Collyer, 21, is open to a loan move away from Old Trafford after making 13 appearances last season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-14948379\/Man-United-midfield-star-hold-talks-Ruben-Amorim-opens-door-loan-move.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rangers have emerged as favourites to sign English winger Mikey Moore, 17, on loan from Tottenham. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Matt_Law_DT\/status\/1949749589340213289\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Matt Law &#8211; Telegraph) , external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Celtic and Strasbourg have submitted offers for Manchester City&#8217;s 19-year-old English defender Jahmai Simpson-Pusey. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/exclusive-celtic-submit-bid-for-man-city-wonderkid-simpson-pusey\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Leeds have missed out on Igor Paixao, 25, despite lodging an improved second bid with Feyenoord as the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":30659,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,561,82],"class_list":["post-30658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30658\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30659"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}