{"id":313408,"date":"2025-12-13T05:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T05:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/313408\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T05:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T05:54:08","slug":"football-gossip-johnson-semenyo-smit-methalie-schar-fullkrug-boey-pinamonti-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/313408\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Johnson, Semenyo, Smit, Methalie, Schar, Fullkrug, Boey, Pinamonti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Crystal Palace want Tottenham winger Brennan Johnson, Chelsea lead the way for AZ Alkmaar&#8217;s teenage midfielder Kees Smit, while AC Milan want Niklas Fullkrug.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tottenham winger Brennan Johnson is on Crystal Palace&#8217;s list of potential January signings, with the Eagles wanting the Wales international, 24, to help their bid to qualify for the Champions League. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2025\/12\/12\/crystal-palace-target-tottenham-winger-brennan-johnson\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Telegraph &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tottenham are prepared to smash their wage structure to sign Bournemouth and Ghana winger Antoine Semenyo, 25, ahead of Manchester City and Liverpool. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/spurs-prepare-never-before-seen-offer-beat-liverpool-man-city-antoine-semenyo\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chelsea are emerging as the frontrunners in the race for AZ Alkmaar&#8217;s highly rated midfielder Kees Smit, 19, with the Netherlands international also on the radar of Newcastle, Manchester United and Tottenham. <a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/chelsea-newcastle-25m-kees-smit-4093826\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(The I &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Newcastle&#8217;s interest in Toulouse&#8217;s French defender Dayann Methalie, 19, could spell the end of 33-year-old Swiss defender Fabian Schar&#8217;s time at the club with his contract expiring next summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/fabian-schar-to-leave-newcastle-as-eddie-howe-pushes-for-agreement\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">West Ham striker Niclas Fullkrug is one of the names AC Milan will consider in the January transfer window as the Germany international, 32, wants to leave the London Stadium. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Serie-A\/Milan\/12-12-2025\/milan-su-fullkrug-la-trattativa-con-l-aston-villa-e-i-costi.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\">Crystal Palace are keen on Bayern Munich right-back Sacha Boey, 25, who is expected to leave the Bundesliga side in January. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1999268386182955436\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">West Ham, Lazio and AC Milan are all interested in 26-year-old Italy and Sassuolo striker Andrea Pinamonti. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calciomercato.com\/liste\/lazio-milan-e-west-ham-guardano-pinamonti-l-attaccante-del-sassuolo-puo-cambiare-squadra-a-gennaio\/blt953860ccfb9ca5fe#cs36f0e09d2627ac89\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Calciomercato &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Everton midfielder James Garner is admired by Nottingham Forest although a January move for the 24-year-old Englishman is unlikely given he has been starting regularly for the Toffees. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15377759\/Nottingham-Forest-decision-Douglas-Luiz-transfer-Sean-Dyche.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chelsea and Manchester United are accelerating efforts to sign Sunderland and DR Congo midfielder Noah Sadiki, 20, after his fine start to life in English football. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/chelsea-make-direct-approach-to-sign-premier-league-midfielder-after-he-won-at-stamford-bridge\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Crystal Palace want Tottenham winger Brennan Johnson, Chelsea lead the way for AZ Alkmaar&#8217;s teenage midfielder Kees Smit,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-313408","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313408","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=313408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}