{"id":376263,"date":"2026-01-18T03:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/376263\/"},"modified":"2026-01-18T03:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T03:16:10","slug":"football-gossip-jacquet-ferguson-mandas-de-vrij-onyedika-bastoni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/376263\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Jacquet, Ferguson, Mandas, De Vrij, Onyedika, Bastoni"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chelsea<\/a> prepared to pay \u00a343m for Jeremy Jacquet, Evan Ferguson wanted by Napoli, and Bournemouth<\/a> chasing Christos Mandas.<\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a> are prepared to pay 50m euros (\u00a343.3m) for 20-year-old French defender Jeremy Jacquet, but Rennes are holding out for more than 60m euros (\u00a352m). (RMC Sport – in French), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Napoli could look to sign Republic of Ireland striker Evan Ferguson, 21, who is on loan at Roma from Brighton<\/a>, if Netherlands winger Noa Lang, 26, leaves this month. (Corriere dello Sport – in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Tottenham<\/a>‘s hierarchy are expected to meet on Sunday to discuss the future of manager Thomas Frank following Saturday’s defeat against West Ham<\/a>.(Independent), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Bournemouth<\/a> are in advanced talks with Lazio over a loan deal for 24-year-old Greece goalkeeper Christos Mandas. (Sky Sports), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a> have registered their interest in Netherlands and Inter Milan defender Stefan de Vrij, 33. (Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Aston Villa<\/a> have spoken with Club Brugge about signing Raphael Onyedika, 24, but Galatasaray remain the frontrunners for the Nigeria midfielder. (Sacha Tavolieri), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Arsenal<\/a> are eyeing moves for 22-year-old Germany and Eintracht Frankfurt left-back Nathaniel Brown and Sporting’s Ivory Coast centre-half Ousmane Diomande, 22. (Caught Offside), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a> have turned their attention to Inter Milan and Italy defender Alessandro Bastoni, 26, after missing out on Crystal Palace<\/a>‘s Marc Guehi who is set to join Manchester City<\/a>. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Juventus have stepped up their interest in Crystal Palace<\/a>‘s Jean-Philippe Mateta, 28, and held talks with the France striker’s representatives on Friday. (Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Aston Villa<\/a>, Tottenham<\/a> and Manchester United<\/a> are all eyeing a deal for Juventus defender Pierre Kalulu, 25, but are unlikely to make a move for the France international until the end of the season. (Calciomercato – in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> want to bring in Portugal midfielder Ruben Neves, 28, during the winter window but Al-Hilal will demand a fee in the region of \u00a320m. (Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a> have set their sights on Real Madrid and France midfielder Eduardo Camavinga, 23. (Fichajes – in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n

West Ham<\/a> held talks with Barcelona over the possibility of signing Marc-Andre ter Stegen, 33, but the Germany goalkeeper looks set to join Girona. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Tottenham<\/a> are competing with Aston Villa<\/a> and Newcastle<\/a> for 24-year-old Brentford<\/a> and Germany striker Kevin Schade. (Caught Offside), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a> are set to recall Celtic target David Datro Fofana, 23, from his loan spell with Turkish club Fatih Karagumruk as they look to sell the Ivory Coast striker this month. (Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n

England winger Jadon Sancho, who is on loan at Aston Villa<\/a>, could be set to return to Borussia Dortmund for a third time with the German club wanting to sign the 25-year-old on a free when his contract at Manchester United<\/a> expires at the end of the season. (Fichajes – in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chelsea prepared to pay \u00a343m for Jeremy Jacquet, Evan Ferguson wanted by Napoli, and Bournemouth chasing Christos Mandas.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":376264,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-376263","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\/376263","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=376263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/376264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}