{"id":410295,"date":"2026-02-06T01:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/410295\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T01:33:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:33:07","slug":"football-gossip-tonali-lewandowski-ronaldo-mctominay-duran-lingard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/410295\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Tonali, Lewandowski, Ronaldo, McTominay, Duran, Lingard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/newcastle-united\" class=\"ssrcss-ymbeas-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle United<\/a> midfielder Sandro Tonali is a target for Juventus, Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has a release clause in his Al-Nassr contract and Napoli are set to hold talks to extend Scott McTominay&#8217;s contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/newcastle-united\" class=\"ssrcss-ymbeas-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle United<\/a> and Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali, 25, is Serie A side Juventus&#8217; top transfer target for the summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Calciomercato\/Juventus\/05-02-2026\/mercato-juve-richiesta-newcastle-e-stipendio-tutti-i-margini-per-arrivare-a-tonali.shtml\" class=\"ssrcss-ymbeas-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Gazzetta dello Sport &#8211; in Italian) , external<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Barcelona are considering offering 37-year-old Poland striker Robert Lewandowski, whose deal with them runs out in the summer, a contract extension for another season but on reduced wages. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/story\/_\/id\/47837197\/barcelona-want-robert-lewandowski-renewal-lower-rate-sources\" class=\"ssrcss-ymbeas-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(ESPN), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo&#8217;s future at Al-Nassr is in doubt and the 41-year-old has a \u00a344m release clause in his contract with the Saudi Pro League club. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7021027\/2026\/02\/05\/cristiano-ronaldo-al-nassr-transfers-release-clause\/\" class=\"ssrcss-ymbeas-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Athletic &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Scotland international Scott McTominay and Napoli are set to hold talks about extending the 29-year-old&#8217;s contract beyond 2028, with the Serie A club keen to secure the midfielder to a new deal until 2030. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Serie-A\/Napoli\/04-02-2026\/napoli-mctominay-puo-restare-sino-al-2030.shtml\" class=\"ssrcss-ymbeas-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Gazzetta dello Sport &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Colombia striker Jhon Duran, 22, is set to join Zenit St Petersburg on loan after ending his season-long stint at Fenerbahce from Al-Nassr. <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3963002\/jhon-duran-fenerbahce-transfer-al-nassr-zenit\/\" class=\"ssrcss-ymbeas-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Talksport) , external<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Feyenoord are among the clubs to have explored a move for England forward Jesse Lingard, who is available on a free transfer after leaving FC Seoul. The 33-year-old&#8217;s former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-united\" class=\"ssrcss-ymbeas-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> team-mate Robin van Persie is in charge of the Dutch club. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15528689\/Jesse-Lingards-European-club-make-contact-signing-ex-Man-United-star-link-former-Old-Trafford-team-mate.html\" class=\"ssrcss-ymbeas-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/leeds-united\" class=\"ssrcss-ymbeas-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Leeds United<\/a> are reportedly targeting a new goalkeeper in the summer transfer window. It is understood Daniel Farke has been underwhelmed by Brazilian signing Lucas Perri, 28, who arrived at Elland Road in July 2025 for \u00a313.9m. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/leeds-united\/lucas-perri-underwhelmed-farke-dump-brazilian-dream-plan-james-trafford\" class=\"ssrcss-ymbeas-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-ymbeas-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a>&#8216;s 22-year-old Argentine striker Alejo Veliz, who is on loan at Rosario Central, is set to join Brazilian club Bahia in the summer in a deal worth 9m euros (\u00a37.8m) plus add-ons. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2019445842516508720\" class=\"ssrcss-ymbeas-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Atletico Madrid showed an interest in Spain&#8217;s 23-year-old attacking midfielder Gabri Veiga in the last couple of days of the winter transfer window but Porto rejected the La Liga club&#8217;s approach. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2019342231732154577\" class=\"ssrcss-ymbeas-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali is a target for Juventus, Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo has a release clause&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":410296,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-410295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410295","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=410295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410295\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/410296"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}