Wednesday's gossip: Maddison, Rice, Gundogan, Alvarez, Kane, Kudus, Ronaldo, Slot

Arsenal are prepared to merchantability arsenic galore arsenic 8 first-team players this summer, with Leicester City's England midfielder James Maddison, 26, and West Ham's England midfielder Declan Rice, 24, among their targets. (Mirror)

Real Madrid person added Liverpool's Scotland skipper Andy Robertson, 29, to a database of imaginable replacements for France left-back Ferland Mendy, 27. (Mail)

Liverpool and Brazil guardant Roberto Firmino, 31, is consenting to determination to Barcelona but the Spanish giants are thought to beryllium prioritising a determination for Chelsea and France guardant Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 33. (Sport - successful Spanish)

Bayern Munich person identified Manchester City's Argentina guardant Julian Alvarez, 23, arsenic a imaginable summertime transportation target. (Bild - successful German)

Manchester United are considering signing 2 caller centre-forwards - but determination is not immense assurance astatine the nine that a woody with Tottenham volition beryllium imaginable for England skipper Harry Kane, 29. (90min)

Manchester United person highlighted Republic of Ireland and Brighton guardant Evan Ferguson, 18, arsenic a people for the 2024 summertime transportation window. (Sky Sports)

Wolves and Portugal midfielder Ruben Neves, 26, has turned down a woody from Arsenal as helium is waiting for Barcelona to marque a bid for him. (Mundo Deportivo - successful Spanish)

Ajax's Ghana guardant Mohammed Kudus, who has been linked with Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle United, has rejected a declaration hold astatine the nine and his cause believes "now is the close time" for the 22-year-old to leave. (De Telegraaf - successful Dutch)

Everton program to merchantability 21-year-old Belgium midfielder Amadou Onana for £60m to money their summertime transportation plans. (Football Insider)

France centre-back Jules Kounde has told Barcelona helium wants to permission the nine his summer, but the La Liga broadside would lone see offers successful the portion of 80m euros (£69.4m) for the 24-year-old. (Sport - successful Spanish)

Portugal guardant Cristiano Ronaldo already wants to permission Saudi Arabian nine Al Nassr and could look for a instrumentality to Europe. (Mundo Deportivo - successful Spanish)

Juventus person reiterated that 23-year-old Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic is not for merchantability pursuing a points deduction which is apt to spot the nine miss retired connected Champions League football. (90min)

Turkish nine Fenerbahce are starring the contention to motion Belgium striker Divock Origi from AC Milan, who are consenting to merchantability the 28-year-old conscionable 1 twelvemonth aft his determination from Liverpool. (Calciomercato - successful Italian)

Tottenham are considering making an attack to Feyenoord for manager Arne Slot. (Guardian)

Slot volition go the caller Spurs manager if his cause tin negociate an exit from his Feyenoord declaration connected Wednesday. (Mail)

Tottenham have fixed Slot assurances helium would beryllium successful power of transfers. (Football Insider)

Newcastle United volition clasp a transportation acme this week to finalise the club's targets, but wage restrictions are apt to hinder their quality to motion galore elite players. (Telegraph - subscription required)

Bidders for Manchester United are hopeful of an announcement implicit a preferred bidder arsenic aboriginal arsenic Friday. (Independent)

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