{"id":541438,"date":"2026-03-24T01:52:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/541438\/"},"modified":"2026-03-24T01:52:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-24T01:52:08","slug":"football-gossip-sancho-zidane-griezmann-de-zerbi-howe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/541438\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Sancho, Zidane, Griezmann, De Zerbi, Howe"},"content":{"rendered":"

England winger Jadon Sancho might return to Borussia Dortmund, Zinedine Zidane agrees to take over as France manager and Roberto de Zerbi lines up the Tottenham<\/a> job.<\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> and England winger Jadon Sancho, currently on loan at Aston Villa<\/a>, has held talks with Borussia Dortmund about a return to the Bundesliga club on a free transfer with the 25-year-old willing to take a pay cut. (Sky Sports Deutschland – in German), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Former Real Madrid manager Zinedine Zidane has agreed to take over as manager of France after the World Cup. The 53-year-old, who scored twice as France won the 1998 World Cup final, will replace Didier Deschamps, 57. (ESPN), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Former Brighton<\/a> and Marseille boss Roberto de Zerbi is open to becoming the new permanent Tottenham<\/a> head coach should the club stay in the Premier League. (Telegraph – subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> have yet to make contact with any candidates to become their new permanent manager in the summer and the club’s hierarchy will not rush into a decision. (Sky Sports), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a>‘s executive team still have faith in under-pressure manager Eddie Howe, while a high turnover of players is expected at St James’ Park this summer. (Mail + – subscription required), external<\/a> <\/p>\n

Chelsea<\/a>‘s English right-back Josh Acheampong, 19, is seen as a good fit by Crystal Palace<\/a> amid suggestions he might leave Stamford Bridge this summer. (Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Leeds<\/a> and Japan midfielder Ao Tanaka, 27, is wanted by German clubs Schalke and Hannover. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> are keen on signing left-back Alphonso Davies from Bayern Munich this summer, with the Bundesliga club open to offers for the 25-year-old Canada international. (CFBayerninsider), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> also want Newcastle<\/a> captain Bruno Guimaraes, with reports in his homeland Brazil suggesting the 28-year-old might be sold for \u00a360m. (Sports Illustrated), external<\/a><\/p>\n

French forward Antoine Griezmann, 35, is set to end his 10-season association with Atletico Madrid in the summer to join the MLS side Orlando City. (Times – subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"England winger Jadon Sancho might return to Borussia Dortmund, Zinedine Zidane agrees to take over as France manager…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":541439,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-541438","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\/541438","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=541438"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541438\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/541439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=541438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=541438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}