{"id":783644,"date":"2026-09-26T21:42:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:42:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/783644\/"},"modified":"2026-09-26T21:42:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-26T21:42:14","slug":"football-gossip-olmo-van-de-ven-alexander-arnold-balde-jimenez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/783644\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Olmo, Van de Ven, Alexander-Arnold, Balde, Jimenez"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bayern Munich target Dani Olmo, Trent Alexander-Arnold is staying at Real Madrid, and Premier League clubs show interest in Spurs&#8217; Micky van de Ven.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bayern Munich are prepared to make a \u00a369m bid for Barcelona and Spain forward Dani Olmo, 28. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/bayern-quiere-hurgar-suplencias-dani-134708956\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sport &#8211; in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Real Madrid&#8217;s Trent Alexander-Arnold, 27, is not considering a move away from the club, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/liverpool\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> showing interest in the England defender. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/liverpool-arsenal-manchester-city-chelsea-trent-alexander-arnold-real-madrid\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(TeamTalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-united\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> are keeping a close eye on 22-year-old Spain left-back Alejandro Balde, who might leave Barcelona in January. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20260926\/1004231358\/mes-enero-decisivo-alejandro-balde.html\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Mundo Deportivo &#8211; in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/liverpool\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-united\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> are both interested in Netherlands defender Micky van de Ven but it would take a large fee to prise the 25-year-old away from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tottenham<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2026\/09\/26\/sources-liverpool-man-united-monitoring-stage-pl-speedster\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Caught Offside), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Defender Fikayo Tomori, 28, and midfielder Ruben Loftus-Cheek, 30, are set to leave AC Milan next year with the England duo&#8217;s contracts set to expire in June. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Serie-A\/Milan\/25-09-2026\/milan-tomori-e-loftus-a-fine-corsa-andranno-via-nel-2027.shtml\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Gazzetta &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bayern Munich are keen on Benfica&#8217;s 24-year-old Portugal defender Tomas Araujo. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportbild.bild.de\/fussball\/fc-bayern-muenchen\/fc-bayern-will-30-mio-abwehrstar-doch-der-transfer-hat-einen-haken-6ab77eb7a8b3f6fdb1edbd01\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Bild &#8211; in German), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Barcelona continue to closely monitor Norway striker Erling Haaland with hopes that the 26-year-old could become a more realistic transfer target in the summer after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a> were found guilty of breaking the Premier League&#8217;s financial rules.\u200b \u200c(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elnacional.cat\/ca\/esports\/dubtes-futur-haaland-manchester-city-barca-esta-expectativa_1700992_102.html\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">El Nacional &#8211; in Catalan, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">AS Roma are expected to double their asking price for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> target Manu Kone, 25, to \u00a386m in January after the Blues reportedly rejected a chance to sign the France midfielder for \u00a343m in the summer. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Serie-A\/Roma\/26-09-2026\/manu-kone-brilla-con-roma-e-francia-ora-e-diventato-un-top.shtml\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">La Gazzeta dello Sport &#8211; in Italian, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Real Madrid&#8217;s Spanish defender Raul Asencio, 23, attracted three big-money offers in the summer, including from Premier League duo <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/liverpool\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a>, but chose to stay at the club. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/futbol\/real-madrid\/2026\/09\/26\/asencio-quedo-esto.html\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Marca &#8211; in Spanish, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Spanish full-back Alex Jimenez&#8217;s loan from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/afc-bournemouth\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bournemouth<\/a> to Fiorentina includes an option for the Italian club to buy the 21-year-old for \u00a317m. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tuttomercatoweb.com\/serie-a\/prestito-con-diritto-riscatto-87-giocatori-serie-a-coinvolti-2277015\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tuttomercatoweb &#8211; in Italian, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bayern Munich target Dani Olmo, Trent Alexander-Arnold is staying at Real Madrid, and Premier League clubs show interest&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":783645,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-783644","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\/783644","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=783644"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/783644\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/783645"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=783644"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=783644"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=783644"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}