{"id":614208,"date":"2026-04-30T00:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/614208\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T00:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T00:05:10","slug":"football-gossip-leao-alvarez-fernandes-anderson-baleba-risser-rashford-trafford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/614208\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Leao, Alvarez, Fernandes, Anderson, Baleba, Risser, Rashford, Trafford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester United<\/a> considering move for Rafael Leao, Newcastle<\/a> eye new goalkeeper as part of summer rebuild and Arsenal<\/a> still keen on Julian Alvarez.<\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> could turn to Portuguese winger Rafael Leao, 26, in the summer, with AC Milan open to exploring a swap deal involving 28-year-old England forward Marcus Rashford, 25-year-old Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte or Netherlands striker Joshua Zirkzee, 24. (La Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Crystal Palace<\/a> have drawn up a shortlist of six managers to replace Oliver Glasner at the end of the season, with both Coventry boss Frank Lampard and Ipswich’s Kieran McKenna under consideration. (Independent), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> do not want to get into a bidding war for Nottingham Forest<\/a> and England midfielder Elliot Anderson, 23, who is also a target for Manchester City<\/a>, and could turn to other targets such as Brighton<\/a>‘s Cameroon international Carlos Baleba. (ESPN), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a> are planning a rebuild this summer with Lens’ 21-year-old French goalkeeper Robin Risser and Manchester City<\/a> and England stopper James Trafford, 23, being considered for the No 1 spot. (i paper – subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Manchester United<\/a> captain Bruno Fernandes, 31, has a \u00a357m release clause in his contract, but the club are confident that securing Champions League qualification will be enough to persuade the Portugal midfielder to stay. (Mirror), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Barcelona are continuing to push for a deal to sign Atletico Madrid and Argentina striker Julian Alvarez, 26, but Arsenal<\/a> and Paris St-Germain are refusing to give up on bringing in the former Manchester City<\/a> forward. (Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Leeds United<\/a> have renewed their interest in signing Sporting defensive midfielder Hidemasa Morita, with the 30-year-old Japan international understood to be willing to commit to the move if they secure their Premier League status. (Mail, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Marseille may have to sell English striker Mason Greenwood, 24, for financial reasons – with Juventus poised to swoop despite the French club wanting a minimum 50m euros ( \u00a343m) for the player. (La Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Benfica have shortlisted Fulham<\/a>‘s Portuguese manager Marco Silva, 48, as a leading candidate to replace Jose Mourinho, who has been linked with a return to Real Madrid next season. (Record – in Portuguese, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Everton<\/a> have already made an offer to PSV to take the Dutch club’s US-born Bosnia and Herzegovina forward Esmir Bajraktarevic, 21, to Hill Dickinson Stadium in the summer. (SportSport – in Bosnian), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United considering move for Rafael Leao, Newcastle eye new goalkeeper as part of summer rebuild and Arsenal…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":614209,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-614208","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\/614208","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=614208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/614208\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/614209"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=614208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=614208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=614208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}