{"id":290717,"date":"2025-11-30T02:36:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T02:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/290717\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T02:36:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T02:36:13","slug":"football-gossip-ndiaye-wharton-raphinha-murillo-thiago-baleba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/290717\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Ndiaye, Wharton, Raphinha, Murillo, Thiago, Baleba"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Liverpool are one of three clubs to enquire about Everton&#8217;s Iliman Ndiaye while Manchester United&#8217;s hopes of signing Adam Wharton may depend on European qualification.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester City, Tottenham and Everton&#8217;s city rivals Liverpool have made enquiries about signing the Toffees&#8217; Senegal international forward Iliman Ndiaye, 25. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footmercato.net\/a61548652185189844-plusieurs-cadors-de-premier-league-courtisent-iliman-ndiaye\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Foot Mercato &#8211; in French, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester United are confident of signing Crystal Palace and England midfielder Adam Wharton in a \u00a370m deal next summer &#8211; although the 21-year-old will snub a move to Old Trafford if United do not qualify for Europe. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/man-utd-transfers-adam-wharton-36325641\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mirror, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Newcastle are prepared to make a substantial bid for Brazil winger Raphinha next summer if Barcelona are willing to consider selling the 28-year-old. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fichajes.net\/noticias\/club-premier-league-vuelve-carga-raphinha-20251129.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fichajes &#8211; in Spanish, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Nottingham Forest and Brazil centre-back Murillo, 23, is Barcelona&#8217;s top target to bolster their defence next season. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fichajes.net\/noticias\/defensa-premier-league-interesa-barcelona-20251129.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fichajes &#8211; in Spanish, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Aston Villa are eyeing a surprise \u00a350m move for Brentford&#8217;s 24-year-old Brazilian striker Igor Thiago, who has scored 11 Premier League goals so far this season. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/aston-villa-target-premier-league-36325109\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mirror, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Crystal Palace and Fulham are among the clubs continuing to monitor Watford and Republic of Ireland winger Rocco Vata, 20. The Championship side value Vata at about \u00a320m. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15337701\/crystal-palace-fulham-watford-rocco-vata.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mail, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Spurs are sensing an opportunity to rival Manchester United for the signing of Brighton&#8217;s Cameroon international midfielder Carlos Baleba, 21. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2025\/11\/29\/tottenham-united-carlos-baleba-transfer\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Caught Offside, via the Daily Briefing, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Brighton will block any offers from Nottingham Forest for versatile England Under-21 international Jack Hinshelwood, 20. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-brighton-respond-to-nottingham-forest-interest-in-jack-hinshelwood\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Football Insider, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former Real Madrid defender Sergio Ramos, 39, is expected to leave Mexican club Monterrey but has no plans to retire. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/futbol\/mexico\/2025\/11\/28\/ruta-futura-sergio-ramos-campeon-mexico-plantea-retirada.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marca &#8211; in Spanish, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">England striker Ivan Toney, 29, has been linked with a move back to the Premier League but he is settled in Saudi Arabia and is unlikely to leave Al-Ahli in January. <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3776243\/ivan-toney-premier-league-return-rumours-west-ham-tottenham\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Talksport), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are one of three clubs to enquire about Everton&#8217;s Iliman Ndiaye while Manchester United&#8217;s hopes of signing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290718,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-290717","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\/290717","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=290717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/290717\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=290717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=290717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=290717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}