{"id":880238,"date":"2026-10-13T00:02:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T00:02:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/880238\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T00:02:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T00:02:22","slug":"football-gossip-simeone-de-jong-scott-fullkrug-courtois-mazurek-stankovic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/880238\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Simeone, De Jong, Scott, Fullkrug, Courtois, Mazurek, Stankovic"},"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 Atletico Madrid&#8217;s Giuliano Simeone, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> willing to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/afc-bournemouth\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bournemouth<\/a>&#8216;s asking price for Alex Scott, Premier League clubs want Inter&#8217;s Aleksandar Stankovic.<\/p>\n<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> will be taking a close look at Atletico Madrid&#8217;s 23-year-old Argentina forward Giuliano Simeone when the two sides meet in the Champions League. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/atletico-madrid\/20261012\/1004237661\/manchester-united-aprovechara-espiar-directo-giuliano-simeone.html\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Mundo Deportivo &#8211; in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> need to pay at least \u00a350m to tempt Barcelona into selling Netherlands midfielder Frenkie de Jong, 29, in January. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/chelsea\/transfers\/sources-chelsea-set-sights-on-complicated-frenkie-de-jong-deal\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A host of Premier League clubs are interested in signing Inter Milan&#8217;s 21-year-old Serbia midfielder Aleksandar Stankovic. <a href=\"https:\/\/as.com\/futbol\/primera\/mercado-de-fichajes-en-directo-rumores-altas-y-bajas-de-laliga-premier-serie-a-f202610-d-10\/#:~:text=Stankovi%C4%87%2C%20on%20the,midfielder%20in%20January.\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(AS &#8211; in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chelsea<\/a> are willing to meet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/afc-bournemouth\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bournemouth<\/a>&#8216;s asking price for 23-year-old England midfielder Alex Scott in January, although the Cherries are still hopeful he will sign a new deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/chelsea\/alex-scott-blockbuster-signing-england-midfielder-club-record-january-deal-exclusive\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Werder Bremen do not have an option to sign on-loan Germany striker Niclas Fullkrug, 33, from West Ham and the clubs are yet to hold any talks on a future deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/sport.sky.de\/fussball\/artikel\/fuellkrug-und-werder-bleibt-der-publikumsliebling-ueber-den-sommer-hinaus\/13598169\/34130\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Sky Sports Germany &#8211; in German), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Belgium goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois, 34, is very close to extending his contract with Real Madrid until 2028. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/real-madrid\/20261012\/1004237756\/real-madrid-encarrila-renovacion-courtois.html\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Mundo Deportivo &#8211; in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/brighton-and-hove-albion\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brighton<\/a> have identified Red Bull Salzburg&#8217;s Polish attacking midfielder Bartosz Mazurek, 19, as a leading January target. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/brighton\/bartosz-mazurek-january-transfer-target-facing-benfica-porto-battle\" class=\"ssrcss-18834jl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United interested in Atletico Madrid&#8217;s Giuliano Simeone, Chelsea willing to meet Bournemouth&#8216;s asking price for Alex Scott,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880239,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[403,99],"class_list":["post-880238","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\/880238","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=880238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}