{"id":822264,"date":"2026-11-03T01:02:10","date_gmt":"2026-11-03T01:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/822264\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T01:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T01:02:10","slug":"football-gossip-kroupi-yildiz-guirassy-bellingham-nmecha-svensson-verbruggen-arnolin-balde-rodriguez-dzodic-glasner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/822264\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Kroupi, Yildiz, Guirassy, Bellingham, Nmecha, Svensson, Verbruggen, Arnolin, Balde, Rodriguez, Dzodic, Glasner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Premier League champions <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> want to boost their striking options with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/afc-bournemouth\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bournemouth<\/a>&#8216;s Eli Junior Kroupi, <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> scout Borussia Dortmund quartet, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/brighton-and-hove-albion\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brighton<\/a> goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen is keen on a move to Real Madrid.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> want to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/afc-bournemouth\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bournemouth<\/a> forward Eli Junior Kroupi in January but face competition from Bayern Munich and Paris St-Germain for the 20-year-old Frenchman. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/arsenal-plotting-double-january-transfer-37835574\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Mirror), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Juventus&#8217; Turkish winger Kenan Yildiz, 21, is also of interest to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/arsenal\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal<\/a> but Gunners boss Mikel Arteta is focused on strengthening his striking options. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/news\/arsenal-plotting-double-january-transfer-37835574\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Mirror), 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> have scouted Borussia Dortmund&#8217;s Guinea forward Serhou Guirassy, 30, English midfielder Jobe Bellingham, 21, German midfielder Felix Nmecha, 26, and Swedish defender Daniel Svensson, 24. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/four-borussia-dortmund-stars-targeted-weekend-scouting-mission\" 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\/brighton-and-hove-albion\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brighton<\/a>&#8216;s Dutch goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen, 24, would jump at the chance to join Real Madrid. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/brighton-hove-albion\/transfers\/sources-bart-verbruggen-ready-to-leave-brighton-amid-real-madrid-update\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/brighton-and-hove-albion\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brighton<\/a> are also keeping an eye on young Estoril defender Jordan Arnolin, though the Portuguese 18-year-old is also attracting interest from Barcelona. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportwitness.co.uk\/brighton-could-be-set-for-barcelona-fight-over-18-year-old-central-defender\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Record via Sport Witness), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/sunderland\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sunderland<\/a> will give manager Regis le Bris the funds to make signings in the January transfer window to turn around the club&#8217;s fortunes. <a href=\"https:\/\/inews.co.uk\/sport\/football\/sunderland-regis-le-bris-january-signings-4867027\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(The I &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Under-pressure <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/teams\/nottingham-forest\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nottingham Forest<\/a> boss Oliver Glasner has received the backing of his players following a meeting with them at the club&#8217;s training ground. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2026\/11\/02\/oliver-glasner-marinakis-player-backing-nottingham-forest\/\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Telegraph &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Several Premier League clubs are monitoring Celta Vigo&#8217;s Spanish defender Javi Rodriguez, 23. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/newcastle-united\/javi-rodriguez-update-newcastle-move-psg-rival-interest-everton-bournemouth-fulham\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Atletico Madrid are looking to sign Almeria&#8217;s young Serbian midfielder Stefan Dzodic, 21, to strengthen their squad for next season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/futbol\/atletico\/2026\/11\/02\/atletico-mueve-fichar-stefan-dzodic.html\" class=\"ssrcss-1fqyhkk-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Marca &#8211; in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Premier League champions Arsenal want to boost their striking options with Bournemouth&#8216;s Eli Junior Kroupi, Manchester United scout&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":822265,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-822264","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\/822264","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=822264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/822264\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/822265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=822264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=822264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=822264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}