{"id":340432,"date":"2025-12-29T04:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T04:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/340432\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T04:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T04:53:09","slug":"football-gossip-pepi-semenyo-smit-marmoush-bouaddi-ake-kalimuendo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/340432\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Pepi, Semenyo, Smit, Marmoush, Bouaddi, Ake, Kalimuendo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/fulham\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fulham<\/a> want PSV&#8217;s \u00a340m-rated striker Ricardo Pepi, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/liverpool\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> are set to rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a> for Antoine Semenyo and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a> have been offered Leon Goretzka by Bayern Munich.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/fulham\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fulham<\/a> have rekindled interest in PSV&#8217;s 22-year-old USA striker Ricardo Pepi, who the Dutch club value at around \u00a340m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15417575\/fulham-ricardo-pepi-transfer.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/liverpool\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> are set to rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a> and step up their \u00a365m pursuit of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/afc-bournemouth\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bournemouth<\/a>&#8216;s 25-year-old Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2025\/12\/28\/liverpool-to-rival-manchester-city-for-antoine-semenyo\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Telegraph), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a> have been offered the chance to sign 30-year-old Germany midfielder Leon Goretzka by his club Bayern Munich. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/insider-confirms-spurs-offered-bayern-munich-ace-thomas-frank-approved-move\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/crystal-palace\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Palace<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/newcastle-united\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle United<\/a> are battling it out for the signature of AZ Alkmaar midfielder Kees Smit, 19, but face competition from La Liga giants, Real Madrid. <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3853255\/kees-smit-newcastle-crystal-palace-transfer-news\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Talksport), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a> are targeting a new attacker in January, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a>&#8216;s Egypt forward Omar Marmoush, 26, Porto&#8217;s Spain striker Samu Aghehowa, 21, and Juventus&#8217; Turkey forward Kenan Yildiz, 20, all potential options. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/tottenham-january-transfer-window-savinho-marmoush-ter-stegen-2026-b1264075.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Standard), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/sunderland\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunderland<\/a> are interested in signing Lille teenager Ayyoub Bouaddi, 18, and 21-year-old Monaco midfielder Lamine Camara. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/sunderland\/ayyoub-bouaddi-lamine-camara-man-utd-transfer-hijack-exclusive\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a> would be willing to sell defender Nathan Ake, 30, in January if they receive an offer in excess of \u00a321m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/ake-dificil-barca-city-pone-125193522\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sport &#8211; in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eintracht Frankfurt have opened talks over a potential move for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/nottingham-forest\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> forward Arnaud Kalimuendo, 23, who they view as a serious option, should a move for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/newcastle-united\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle United<\/a> striker Will Osula, 22, not develop. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/2005060527886622739?s=20\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Florian Plettenberg), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ajax have identified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/burnley\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Burnley<\/a> defender Quilindschy Hartman, 21, as one of their main targets for the upcoming January transfer window. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2005210290095636736?s=20\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/liverpool\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> have a bid on the table in the region of \u00a360m for Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga, 23. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fichajes.net\/noticias\/oferta-70-millones-camavinga-20251227.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\">Serie A side Girona want to sign Barcelona goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/aston-villa\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aston Villa<\/a> no longer expected to pursue a move for the German international. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/ter-stegen-apunta-girona-125198888\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sport &#8211; in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Real Madrid will not consider loaning out 18-year-old midfielder Franco Mastantuono in January with Xabi Alonso keen to keep him around. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2005230160291958982?s=20\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/west-ham-united\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham<\/a> could let Brazil midfielder Lucas Paqueta leave the club in January if an acceptable offer is made for the 28-year-old. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/west-ham-could-accept-lucas-paqueta-offer-after-nuno-espirito-santo-decision\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> expect to have a quiet January transfer window and although the Blues are keen to add a new centre-back, new arrivals are more likely to join next summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.standard.co.uk\/sport\/football\/chelsea-fc-january-transfer-window-2026-b1263732.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Standard), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fulham want PSV&#8217;s \u00a340m-rated striker Ricardo Pepi, Liverpool are set to rival Manchester City for Antoine Semenyo and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340433,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-340432","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\/340432","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=340432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340432\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340433"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}