{"id":398563,"date":"2026-01-30T10:25:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/398563\/"},"modified":"2026-01-30T10:25:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-30T10:25:07","slug":"transfer-news-live-palmer-to-man-utd-truth-arsenal-deadline-emerges-football-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/398563\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer news LIVE: Palmer to Man Utd truth, Arsenal deadline emerges | Football | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Arsenal have seemingly received encouragement regarding the rumoured pursuit of Real Madrid youngster Victor Valdepenas.<\/p>\n<p>Recent speculation has positioned Valdepenas as a potential summer target for the Gunners. The 19-year-old made his bow for Real last month and he is held in high regard by the Spanish heavyweights, which could complicate any potential transfer.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate a \u20ac50million (\u00a344m) release clause has been inserted into his recently penned contract, which runs until 2029.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Marca, via Football365, suggest Xabi Alonso&#8217;s departure from Madrid has &#8216;harmed&#8217; Valdepenas. The teenager reportedly feels &#8216;deceived&#8217; by incoming manager Alvaro Arbeloa, with the Gunners maintaining &#8216;special interest&#8217; in his services.<\/p>\n<p>Valdepenas has apparently been presented with opportunities to seek pastures new before the January window closes. Arsenal are understood to be foremost among those vying for his signature.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal have seemingly received encouragement regarding the rumoured pursuit of Real Madrid youngster Victor Valdepenas. Recent speculation has&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":398564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1111,398,59,134,1441,221,7684,101,1114,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-398563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-arsenal-fc","tag-chelsea-fc","tag-gb","tag-liverpool-fc","tag-manchester-united-fc","tag-premier-league","tag-real-madrid-fc","tag-sports","tag-transfer-news-section","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398563","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=398563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/398563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/398564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=398563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=398563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=398563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}