{"id":406932,"date":"2026-02-04T06:45:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T06:45:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/406932\/"},"modified":"2026-02-04T06:45:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T06:45:13","slug":"football-gossip-adam-wharton-sandro-tonali-jean-philippe-mateta-dwight-mcneil-illan-meslier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/406932\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Adam Wharton, Sandro Tonali, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Dwight McNeil, Illan Meslier"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool<\/a>, Manchester United<\/a> and Real Madrid eye Adam Wharton deal, Manchester United<\/a> could move for Jean-Philippe Mateta and Sandro Tonali, Leeds<\/a> keeper Illan Meslier looks to be heading to Turkey.<\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a> could rival Manchester United<\/a> and Real Madrid for the \u00a380m signing of Crystal Palace<\/a> and England midfielder Adam Wharton, 21, in the summer. (Mirror), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> could make a move for long-term striker target Jean-Philippe Mateta, 28, in the summer after the Frenchman’s proposed deadline-day transfer from Crystal Palace<\/a> to AC Milan fell through. (Mirror), external<\/a><\/p>\n

AC Milan, Chelsea<\/a> and Newcastle<\/a> are all interested in Serbian forward Dusan Vlahovic, 26, on a summer free transfer, even though he has recently returned to Juventus to complete his rehabilitation from an abductor injury. (Football Italia), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> are also looking to bolster their midfield and Newcastle<\/a>‘s Italy international Sandro Tonali, 25, is of interest. (Metro), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Everton<\/a> will be open to new offers for English winger Dwight McNeil, 26, after his deadline-day move to Crystal Palace<\/a> collapsed. (Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a> will resurrect a move for highly rated Reims’ Ivorian midfielder Patrick Zabi, 19, in the coming months. (The i – subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Leeds United<\/a>‘s French goalkeeper Illan Meslier, 25, could be set for a move away from Elland Road, with Turkish club Besiktas holding talks. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Germany midfielder Leon Goretzka, 30, who is out of contract at Bayern Munich in the summer, could be on his way to Arsenal<\/a> on a free transfer. (Bayern Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n

West Ham<\/a> can dismiss head coach Nuno Espirito Santo without paying compensation if they are relegated to the Championship. (Athletic – subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool, Manchester United and Real Madrid eye Adam Wharton deal, Manchester United could move for Jean-Philippe Mateta and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":406933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-406932","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\/406932","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=406932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/406933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}