{"id":621047,"date":"2026-09-11T04:08:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T04:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/621047\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T04:08:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T04:08:09","slug":"football-gossip-zubimendi-icardi-martial-palestra-scalvini-maatsen-nketiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/621047\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Zubimendi, Icardi, Martial, Palestra, Scalvini, Maatsen, Nketiah"},"content":{"rendered":"

Martin Zubimendi may seek to leave Arsenal<\/a> in January, Mauro Icardi open to Everton<\/a> move while Toffees play down move for Anthony Martial. <\/p>\n

Martin Zubimendi may push to leave Arsenal<\/a> in January after losing his place in the XI, with Chelsea<\/a> and Real Madrid interested in the 27-year-old Spain midfielder. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Argentine striker and free agent Mauro Icardi, 33, is open to moving to Everton<\/a> after leaving Galatasary in July. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

However, sources at Everton<\/a> have played down links to Icardi and fellow free agent Anthony Martial. The 30-year-old France forward last played for Mexican side Monterrey. (i Paper – subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a> were interested in 21-year-old Italy defender Marco Palestra, who later moved from Atalanta to Chelsea<\/a>, but were hampered by needing to strengthen in other areas. (The Athletic – subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Real Madrid have offered 21-year-old Turkish midfielder Arda Guler, who counts Chelsea<\/a> manager Xabi Alonso among his admirers, a six-year contract. (Fabrizio Romano via Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a> target and Italy defender Giorgio Scalvini, 22, has signed a new long-term contract with Atalanta. (Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Aston Villa<\/a> are in talks with Netherlands left-back Ian Maatsen, 24, over a new contract at Villa Park. (Football Insider, external<\/a>) <\/p>\n

Crystal Palace<\/a> striker Eddie Nketiah, 27, is considering switching his international allegiance from England to Ghana. (The Standard), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Colombian striker Kevin Viveros, 26, is nearing a new deal with Athletico Paranaense after attracting interest from Sunderland<\/a> and Aston Villa<\/a> over the summer. (ESPN Brazil via Sunderland Echo), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Martin Zubimendi may seek to leave Arsenal in January, Mauro Icardi open to Everton move while Toffees play…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":621048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-621047","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\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621047","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=621047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/621047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/621048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=621047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=621047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=621047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}