{"id":283654,"date":"2025-11-26T03:26:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T03:26:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/283654\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T03:26:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T03:26:05","slug":"football-gossip-mendoza-maguire-zirkzee-semenyo-hinshelwood-fullkrug-gimenez-paz-david-garner-maignan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/283654\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Mendoza, Maguire, Zirkzee, Semenyo, Hinshelwood, Fullkrug, Gimenez, Paz, David, Garner, Maignan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Arsenal keeping tabs on Elche midfielder Rodrigo Mendoza, Manchester City to enter race to sign Bournemouth&#8217;s Antoine Semenyo, Sunderland and Brentford interested in AC Milan striker Santiago Gimenez.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Arsenal are tracking Elche&#8217;s Spanish midfielder Rodrigo Mendoza, 20, who has a \u00a317.5m release clause in his contract. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2025\/11\/25\/arsenal-transfer-news-rodrigo-mendoza-elche-arteta-midfield\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Telegraph &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester United want to sign a new centre-back next summer but would still like experienced England defender Harry Maguire, 32, to sign a contract extension at Old Trafford. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/man-utd-make-major-deal-priority-agreement-fully-expected-top-source\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Roma are interested in taking Netherlands striker Joshua Zirkzee, 24, on loan from Manchester United in January. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15303029\/Afraid-Ruben-Amorim-Chris-Wheeler-Manchester-United-issues.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Il Messaggero &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bournemouth and Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo&#8217;s release clause with the Cherries will drop slightly from \u00a365m in January, to a smaller figure next summer, but will not fall below \u00a350m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2025\/11\/25\/antoine-semenyo-liverpool-interest-bournemouth-65m-bids\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Telegraph &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is concerned about an over-reliance on Norway striker Erling Haaland, 25, so will consider rivalling Liverpool for Bournemouth&#8217;s 25-year-old Semenyo. <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3765286\/transfer-news-man-city-liverpool-semenyo-parrott-everton-garner\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Talksport), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nottingham Forest have identified Brighton&#8217;s 20-year-old English midfielder Jack Hinshelwood among a number of possible January transfer targets. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15325365\/Nottingham-Forest-January-transfer-window-Brighton-Sean-Dyche-wishlist.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">West Ham are pushing for Germany striker Niclas Fullkrug to leave permanently in January and want to reinvest any funds from the 32-year-old&#8217;s sale in one or two new forwards. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1993361611130577141\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Florian Plettenberg), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One option for West Ham is 6ft 5ins (1.96m) Union Saint-Gilloise striker Promise David and they could sign the 24-year-old Canada international for just \u00a317m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/west-hamdavid\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(GiveMeSport), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sunderland and Brentford are interested in AC Milan&#8217;s 24-year-old Mexico striker Santiago Gimenez. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calciomercato.com\/liste\/milan-gimenez-ancora-out-la-premier-league-chiama-per-gennaio-la-situazione\/bltf59cc9befd08f506#csf9072ba1d4ba6193\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Calciomercato &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Real Madrid are planning to exercise the buyback clause in 21-year-old Argentina midfielder Nico Paz&#8217;s Como contract next summer as it it is not valid in January. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1993249879209214220\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Everton boss David Moyes wants to hang on to English midfielder James Garner amid interest from Manchester United, Aston Villa and Nottingham Forest in the 24-year-old, who is out of contract at the end of the season. <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3765286\/transfer-news-man-city-liverpool-semenyo-parrott-everton-garner\/#:~:text=Toffees%20keen%20to,on%20the%20situation.\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Talksport), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">AC Milan want to reopen talks with France goalkeeper Mike Maignan over a new contract amid interest in the 30-year-old from Juventus and several Premier League clubs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Calciomercato\/Milan\/25-11-2025\/maignan-il-milan-prova-il-rinnovo-le-piste-juve-e-premier-la-trattativa.shtml?refresh_ce\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Gazzetta dello Sport &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal keeping tabs on Elche midfielder Rodrigo Mendoza, Manchester City to enter race to sign Bournemouth&#8217;s Antoine Semenyo,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283655,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-283654","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}