{"id":672947,"date":"2026-05-29T22:12:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/672947\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T22:12:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T22:12:09","slug":"football-gossip-rafael-leao-gvardiol-reijnders-bahoya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/672947\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Rafael Leao, Gvardiol, Reijnders, Bahoya"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-united\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a> interested in AC Milan&#8217;s Rafael Leao, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a> face a fight to keep both Josko Gvardiol and Tijjani Reijnders, with ex-City midfielder Bernardo Silva wanting a move to Barcelona.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">AC Milan and Portugal winger Rafael Leao, 26, is on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-united\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester United<\/a>&#8216;s shortlist of targets and will be available for a cheaper fee after the Italian side failed to qualify for the Champions League. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/ac-milan-ready-to-sanction-cut-price-rafael-leao-deal-as-man-united-line-up-signing\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva, 31, is available on a free transfer when he leaves <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a> this summer and has been offered deals by Atletico Madrid and Benfica but prefers a move to Barcelona. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/sport\/football\/article\/bernardo-silva-barcelona-transfer-news-man-city-6zm6jkf2r\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Times, subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Eintracht Frankfurt forward Jean-Matteo Bahoya, 21, is attracting interest from the Premier League and in Europe while Saudi Pro League clubs are also keen on the France Under-21 international. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.skysports.com\/football\/live-blog\/31771\/12476234\/transfer-centre-live-football-transfer-news-updates-and-rumours?postid=11777964#liveblog-body\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sports, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">German manager Dino Toppmoller, who left Bundesliga club Frankfurt in January, is one of the candidates to replace Austrian Oliver Glasner, 51, at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/crystal-palace\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crystal Palace<\/a>. (<a href=\"https:\/\/sport.sky.de\/fussball\/artikel\/ex-frankfurt-trainer-dino-toppmoeller-ist-kandidat-bei-crystal-palace\/13548969\/34132\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sky Sport &#8211; in German, external<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/aston-villa\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aston Villa<\/a> are in talks with Netherlands midfielder Lamare Bogarde, 22, over a new contract to keep him at the club. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/aston-villa-open-lamare-bogarde-contract-talks-as-transfer-interest-grows-in-midfielder\/\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/afc-bournemouth\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bournemouth<\/a> boss Andoni Iraola is in talks with Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen about becoming their next manager. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/sport\/football\/article\/andoni-iraola-bayer-leverkusen-bournemouth-zs8xbgl5l\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Times, subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Barcelona and Bayern Munich are interested in signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a> and Croatia defender Josko Gvardiol, 24. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/lists\/barcelona-bayern-munich-josko-gvardiol-manchester-city-transfer-news\/blt5215d2270777adca\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Goal), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Atletico Madrid are preparing to bid for 27-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Manchester City<\/a> and Netherlands midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, who only joined the English club last summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.com\/sport\/football\/article-15858475\/Atletico-Madrid-consider-46-5m-Man-City-star-Tijjani-Reijnders-wait-response-Bernardo-Silva-amid-transfer-battle-Barcelona.html\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Daily Mail), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United interested in AC Milan&#8217;s Rafael Leao, while Manchester City face a fight to keep both Josko&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":672948,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-672947","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\/672947","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=672947"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/672947\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/672948"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=672947"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=672947"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=672947"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}