{"id":597501,"date":"2026-08-18T23:16:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/597501\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T23:16:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:16:08","slug":"football-gossip-kane-watkins-gonzalez-methalie-loftus-cheek-alvarez-palacios-zabarnyi-jones-cozier-duberry-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/597501\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Kane, Watkins, Gonzalez, Methalie, Loftus-Cheek, Alvarez, Palacios, Zabarnyi, Jones, Cozier-Duberry, Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"

Al-Hilal in talks with Harry Kane and Ollie Watkins, Newcastle<\/a> explore move for Manchester City<\/a>‘s Nico Gonzalez, Sunderland<\/a> move for Dayann Methalie in danger of collapsing. <\/p>\n

Representatives for England captain Harry Kane, 33, have held talks with Saudi Pro League side Al-Hilal, with the Bayern Munich striker open to a move in the future. (Talksport, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Aston Villa<\/a> and England striker Ollie Watkins, 29, has agreed personal terms with Al-Hilal, though the Saudi side are yet to submit a transfer offer to Villa. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a> have opened exploratory talks with Manchester City<\/a> over a potential move for Spanish midfielder Nico Gonzalez, 24. (The Athletic – subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Sunderland<\/a>‘s \u00a325.7m move for Toulouse and France Under-21 defender Dayann Methalie, 20, is in danger of collapsing after concerns were raised over his medical. (Daily Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Coventry have had an offer worth \u00a38.5m for England midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 30, rejected by AC Milan. (Tuttosport – in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Real Sociedad have made an approach for West Ham and Mexico midfielder Edson Alvarez, 28, with Ajax having cooled their interest. (Sky Sports), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Ipswich have had a second offer rejected for Bayer Leverkusen and Argentina midfielder Exequiel Palacios, 27. (Florian Plettenberg), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Tottenham<\/a> are considering a move for Paris St-Germain and Ukraine defender Illia Zabarnyi, 23, after selling Cristian Romero to Atletico Madrid. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a> and England midfielder Curtis Jones, 25, remains a top target for Inter Milan, who believe a bid of 35m euros (\u00a329m) will be successful. (CaughtOffside, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Wolves have entered the race for Brighton<\/a> winger Amario Cozier-Duberry, 21, with the England under-20 international remaining a target for Rangers and former loan club Bolton. (The Argus, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Malaga are pursuing English winger Ryan Kent, 29, who has been a free agent since leaving Seattle Sounders in January. (Fichajes – in Spanish, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Al-Hilal in talks with Harry Kane and Ollie Watkins, Newcastle explore move for Manchester City‘s Nico Gonzalez, Sunderland…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-597501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}