{"id":418471,"date":"2026-01-20T10:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/418471\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T10:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T10:03:08","slug":"football-gossip-konates-contract-not-settled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/418471\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Konate’s contract not settled"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ibrahima Konate is looking for a better-paid contract, Flamengo have not given up on signing Lucas Paqueta and Chelsea<\/a> may need to dig deeper to land Jeremy Jacquet.<\/p>\n

Arsenal<\/a> forward Gabriel Jesus is wanted by Palmeiras. The 28-year-old has recovered from a long-term injury but is out of contract in 2027 and could return to Brazil. (Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> are keeping tabs on 21-year-old Sunderland<\/a> midfielder Noah Sadiki, and could offer Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte, 24, in a swap deal for the DR Congo international. (Give Me Sport), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Kobbie Mainoo is expected to stay at Manchester United<\/a> following the appointment of interim boss Michael Carrick. The 20-year-old midfielder, who has 10 England caps, was considering a loan move to play more regularly. (Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Ipswich Town are keen on signing Bristol City winger Anis Mehmeti in the window. The 25-year-old Albania international is out of contract this summer. (Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Flamengo remain interested in signing midfielder Lucas Paqueta from West Ham United<\/a>, although it is understood there has been no contact between the clubs since last week about a deal for the 28-year-old Brazil international. (Sky Sports), external<\/a><\/p>\n

West Ham<\/a> and Aston Villa<\/a> midfield target Quinten Timber was left out of the starting line-up for Feyenoord on Sunday. Marseille have already made an offer for the 24-year-old Dutchman’s services. (Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Liverpool<\/a> and Ibrahima Konate remain some way apart over a new contract. The France international, 26, is in his fifth season at Anfield and believes he should be one of the best-paid defenders in the Premier League. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

And Liverpool<\/a> could move to replace Konate with Tottenham<\/a> defender Micky van de Ven, with Real Madrid also paying attention to the 24-year-old Netherlands defender’s future. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a> have agreed personal terms with 20-year-old Jeremy Jacquet, but will still need to improve their bid to sign the Rennes and France Under-21 defender who is also wanted by Arsenal<\/a>. (Metro), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Bournemouth<\/a> plan to resist any bids for Marcos Senesi this month even though the 28-year-old Argentine has turned down multiple offers to extend his contract, which expires in the summer. Juventus and Barcelona have shown interest in the defender. (Talksport), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ibrahima Konate is looking for a better-paid contract, Flamengo have not given up on signing Lucas Paqueta and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":{"0":"post-418471","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\/418471","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=418471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}