{"id":228433,"date":"2025-10-16T06:54:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T06:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/228433\/"},"modified":"2025-10-16T06:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T06:54:07","slug":"football-gossip-anderson-kane-wharton-retegui-yildiz-barcola-zirkzee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/228433\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Anderson, Kane, Wharton, Retegui, Yildiz, Barcola, Zirkzee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester City and Chelsea to vie for Elliot Anderson, Tottenham prepare shock bid for Harry Kane, Manchester United want Mateo Retegui, Roma lead the race for Joshua Zirkzee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester City are plotting a \u00a375m bid for Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson next summer but are likely to face stiff competition from Chelsea for the 22-year-old England international. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/sport\/football\/2121698\/man-city-chelsea-elliot-anderson-transfer\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Express, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tottenham are preparing a blockbuster move to bring Harry Kane back to north London from Bayern Munich next summer and are ready to meet the 32-year-old England captain&#8217;s release clause and wage demands. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/spurs-harry-kane-return-advantages-man-utd-bayern-munich-sources\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Teamtalk, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Crystal Palace are relaxed about the future of Adam Wharton amid increasing speculation of interest from Premier League rivals Manchester United for the 21-year-old England midfielder. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/11706\/13279298\/crystal-palace-transfers-latest-news-rumours-and-gossip-live-updates-goals-and-highlights?postid=10355825#liveblog-body\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sports, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester United are interested in signing a striker in the summer and are targeting Mateo Retegui, with Ruben Amorim prepared to spend up to \u00a352m to sign the 26-year-old Italy forward from Saudi Pro League club Al-Qadsiah. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fichajes.net\/noticias\/delantero-top-lista-manchester-united-20251015.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fichajes &#8211; in Spanish, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Turkey forward Kenan Yildiz continues to push for an improved contract at Juventus but with talks yet to bear fruit, clubs including Chelsea, Arsenal and Barcelona are keeping a close eye on the 20-year-old. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Serie-A\/Juventus\/15-10-2025\/yildiz-e-la-juve-l-ingaggio-e-il-mercato-si-tratta-il-rinnovo.shtml?refresh_ce\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gazzetta dello Sport &#8211; in Italian, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Paris St-Germain are holding contract negotiations with Bradley Barcola, 23, after the France forward attracted interest from several clubs including Liverpool and Bayern Munich in the summer. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Football\/Article\/Pacho-mayulu-barcola-ruiz-le-psg-ouvre-le-chapitre-des-prolongations\/1601597\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">L&#8217;Equipe &#8211; in French, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Barcelona and Real Madrid are set to battle each other to sign Bayern Munich defender Dayot Upamecano, 26, on a free transfer next summer but Manchester United are also interested in the France international. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.footmercato.net\/a2298633626370717703-mercato-2-clubs-poussent-pour-recuperer-dayot-upamecano-pour-0eur\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Footmercato &#8211; in French, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">AS Roma are in pole position to sign Manchester United forward Joshua Zirkzee but Como also have the finances to bring the 24-year-old Netherlands striker back to Serie A. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Calciomercato\/Roma\/15-10-2025\/calciomercato-zirkzee-tra-roma-e-como-sfida-italiana-per-l-attaccante-dello-united.shtml\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Gazzetta dello Sport &#8211; in Italian, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Juventus have rebuffed multiple enquiries for France defensive midfielder Khephren Thuram, 24, from Premier League clubs including Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool during the past six months. (<a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/arsenal-and-tottenham-told-to-move-on-as-advances-rejected-for-juventus-talent\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TBR Football, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chelsea head coach Enzo Maresca has doubts about his long-term future at Stamford Bridge amid Juventus considering the 45-year-old Italian as a serious candidate to take charge of the Serie A club. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/chelsea\/enzo-maresca-juventus\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Teamtalk, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City and Chelsea to vie for Elliot Anderson, Tottenham prepare shock bid for Harry Kane, Manchester United&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228434,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-228433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228433"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228433\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}