{"id":365104,"date":"2025-12-23T06:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/365104\/"},"modified":"2025-12-23T06:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-23T06:53:09","slug":"football-gossip-gallagher-disasi-monga-zirkzee-semenyo-neves-osula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/365104\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Gallagher, Disasi, Monga, Zirkzee, Semenyo, Neves, Osula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester United could move for Conor Gallagher on loan, three Premier League clubs are vying for Antoine Semenyo, while Aston Villa join the race for Brennan Johnson.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester United have shortlisted seven midfielders to sign, with a loan deal for Atletico Madrid&#8217;s 25-year-old England international Conor Gallagher in January being one of the more feasible options. <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3844509\/manchester-united-transfer-targets-ruben-amorim\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Talksport), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Tottenham have ended their pursuit of Bournemouth and Ghana forward Antoine Semenyo. However, the 25-year-old is still of interest to Manchester City and Manchester United, while Liverpool are weighing up their options following Alexander Isak&#8217;s injury. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/11095\/13025489\/tottenham-transfer-news-rumours-and-gossip-live-updates-and-latest-on-deals-signings-loans-and-contracts?postid=10741098#liveblog-body\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sky Sports), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Semenyo, who has a release clause of \u00a360.5m, may have made a decision on his future on Monday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15406565\/antoine-semenyo-man-city-liverpool-man-united.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Aston Villa have made contact with out-of-favour 24-year-old Wales and Tottenham winger Brennan Johnson&#8217;s representatives, in whom Crystal Palace are also interested. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/aston-villa\/elbow-crystal-palace-aside-contact-made-stunning-hijack-brennan-johnson-deal\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chelsea are open to sending France defender Axel Disasi, 27, to AC Milan in the January transfer window, but the Italian club are holding off while they assess their options. <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/chelsea-open-door-for-disasis-milan-transfer\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Italia), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chelsea and Manchester City are both interested in England youth international winger Jeremy Monga, 16, and could look to recruit him from Championship side Leicester in January. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/chelsea\/plotting-move-generational-championship-star-man-city-real-madrid-threaten\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Roma have made a 5m euro (\u00a34.4m) offer to bring in Manchester United and Netherlands forward Joshua Zirkzee, 24, in January, plus a further 30m euros (\u00a326.2m) in June to make the deal permanent. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilmessaggero.it\/sport\/as_roma\/zirkzee_raspadori_roma_ultime_notizie-9258644.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Il Messaggero &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Newcastle United are continuing negotiations with German side Eintracht Frankfurt over a loan deal with an option to buy for forward William Osula. The 22-year-old wants the move to the Bundesliga and is waiting for the clubs to reach an agreement. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/2003045600833757277?s=20\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Florian Plettenburg), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Manchester United and Newcastle United have shortlisted Portugal midfielder Ruben Neves, 28, with Al-Hilal believed to be open to a January sale. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2025\/12\/22\/sources-man-united-newcastle-attention-midfielder\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Caught Offside), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Real Madrid&#8217;s 19-year-old Brazil forward Endrick is set to join Lyon on a six-month loan deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.co.uk\/football\/story\/_\/id\/47391651\/real-madrid-endrick-headed-lyon-loan-sources\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(ESPN), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Bayer Leverkusen are exploring a deal to sign Brighton&#8217;s 17-year-old English winger Harry Howell, with other German clubs also interested. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/2003178465898733569\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow\">(Florian Plettenberg), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Chelsea&#8217;s top midfield target for January is Lille&#8217;s 18-year-old French midfielder Ayyoub Bouaddi. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2025\/12\/22\/sources-chelsea-map-out-january-transfer-strategy\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Caught Offside), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United could move for Conor Gallagher on loan, three Premier League clubs are vying for Antoine Semenyo,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":365105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-365104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-soccer","9":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365104","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=365104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/365104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/365105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=365104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=365104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=365104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}