{"id":469047,"date":"2026-03-11T05:27:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T05:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/469047\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T05:27:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T05:27:13","slug":"football-gossip-brandt-tonali-delap-rashford-silva-collins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/469047\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Brandt, Tonali, Delap, Rashford, Silva, Collins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arsenal<\/a> line up free transfer move for Julian Brandt, Newcastle<\/a> midfielder Sandro Tonali remains a wanted man despite price tag and Chelsea<\/a> will stick with striker Liam Delap.<\/p>\n

Arsenal<\/a> are keen on signing Germany midfielder Julian Brandt, 29, when his Borussia Dortmund contract expires this summer. (Metro), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a>, Arsenal<\/a> and Chelsea<\/a> are all keen on Freiburg’s 20-year-old Switzerland midfielder Johan Manzambi. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Arsenal<\/a>, though, have dropped their interest in Newcastle<\/a>‘s 25-year-old Italian midfielder Sandro Tonali. (Chronicle), external<\/a><\/p>\n

A return to Serie A also appears unlikely for Tonali after Newcastle<\/a> put a \u00a377m (90 euros) price tag on the player, which will put off Juventus, but Manchester United<\/a> and Manchester City<\/a> still remain keen. (Matteo Moretto via Football Italia), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Juventus have opened talks with Manchester City<\/a>‘s Portuguese midfielder Bernardo Silva about a move when the 31-year-old’s contract expires, but face competition from clubs including Galatasaray and Inter Miami. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Brighton<\/a> are confident of beating Chelsea<\/a> to the summer signing of Cologne’s German winger Said el Mala, 19, who has impressed in his first season in the Bundesliga. (Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a> do not want to sell striker Liam Delap this summer despite the 23-year-old Englishman scoring just one Premier League goal in an injury-hit season. (Mirror), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a> remain in the market for a defender this summer and Eintracht Frankfurt’s Germany international Nnamdi Collins is a target, with Arsenal<\/a> also monitoring the 22-year-old. (Mirror), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Barcelona are lining up alternatives to Marcus Rashford should they they be unable to agree a deal to make the 28-year-old England forward’s loan move from Manchester United<\/a> a permanent one. (Marca – in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Crystal Palace<\/a> are leading the race for Millwall winger Femi Azeez, with the 24-year-old Englishman watched by several Premier League clubs including Everton<\/a> and Brentford<\/a>. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Tottenham<\/a>, Crystal Palace<\/a> and Manchester United<\/a> are all interested in Bournemouth<\/a> manager Andoni Iraola. The 43-year-old is out of contract at the end of the season. (i paper, external<\/a>), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arsenal line up free transfer move for Julian Brandt, Newcastle midfielder Sandro Tonali remains a wanted man despite…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-469047","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\/469047","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=469047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}