NEWCASTLE are plotting to sign THREE Chelsea players to improve their top four chances.
The report claims they're interested in signing Conor Gallagher, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Hakim Ziyech.
However, the Blues seem more focused on incomings as they reportedly eye PSV star Noni Madueke despite just landing Mykhailo Mudryk.
And we've got all the latest on Cristiano Ronaldo's upcoming debut for Al Nassr as he is set to captain the side against Lionel Messi's Paris Saint-Germain.
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- Anthony Chapman
Possible Qatar bid for Reds
Liverpool are reportedly the subject of interest from a Qatari consortium as the current owners look to sell the club.
Fenway Sports Group revealed in November they would consider offers if they were in the "best interests" of the Merseyside outfit.
Qatari journalist Mohammed Saeed Alkaabi said: "Qatar are giving priority to the acquisition of Liverpool Football Club and are seriously interested but the deal is not complete at this present moment.
"We will see in the next few days."
- Anthony Chapman
Newcastle line up McTominay swoop
Newcastle boss Eddie Howe is reportedly eyeing a move for Man Utd misfit Scott McTominay.
The Telegraph claims Toon are keen to take advantage of the midfielder's situation at Old Trafford, with McTominay last in Erik ten Hag's pecking order.
The Scotland ace is said to be concerned by his lack of action for the Red Devils.
And Newcastle could offer an escape route as they battle United for a top four finish… and potentially the Premier League title.
- Gary Stonehouse
Arsenal eye Rice as Toon chase THREE Blues
Newcastle are keen on THREE Chelsea players while Nottingham Forest have seen off Manchester United, Arsenal and Barcelona for Brazilian wonderkid Danilo.
And the Gunners are tipped to rival Graham Potter's Blues plus the two Manchester giants for Declan Rice.
Meanwhile, Mykhailo Mudryk's new club Chelsea are tipped to keep splashing out this month.
Forest's transformation from Prem bottom side to mid-table has been further boosted by capturing Danilo.
The Palmeiras defensive midfielder, 21, has signed a six-and a-half-year deal.
West Ham main man Rice is expected to be at centre of an £80million summer transfer battle.
And Arsenal are reportedly "confident" of seeing off a string of Prem rivals for the England midfielder, 24.
Old Trafford anchorman Scot McTominay could be willing to join top-four rivals Newcastle in the current transfer window.
It's claimed too that the Red Devils have made contact with reported Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs target Denzel Dumfries.
United are also in talks over handing striker Marcus Rashford a new five-year contract.
Inter Milan want around £53milion for the Holland right-back.
Newcastle have been linked with Chelsea trio Conor Gallagher, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Hakim Ziyech.
Aston Villa have agreed a £14.75m fee with Chicago Fire for Colombian wonderkid Jhon Duran.
And finally, PSG have accepted Wolves' £4.4m offer for Spain winger Pablo Sarabia.
- Ian Tuckey
Rice at ‘centre of £80m transfer fight’
Declan Rice has been identified as Arsenal’s top summer transfer target, reports suggest.
West Ham star Rice is entering the final year of his contract at the London Stadium this summer – although there is an optional extra year – and with their recent struggles, Rice may finally opt to jump ship.
A number of top clubs are interested in the 24-year-old, including Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal.
This summer is set to see a bidding war for the Englishman, which could see him eventually leave for £80million.
However, according to The Times, Arsenal believe they are in the strong position to sign Rice because they are the Premier League leaders.
The report indicates the Gunners remain keen on a new midfielder, and consequently have made Rice their priority.
Rice fits the mould of player targeted by Mikel Arteta in recent windows. He is young, aggressive, and has a burning desire to play in the Champions League – something Arsenal look all but certain to be able to offer next season.
Arsenal did prioritise signing a new winger this month but saw their efforts to land Mykhailo Mudryk fail after Chelsea threw a colossal package at the Ukrainian.
- Ian Tuckey
Facundo reveals Gunners' talks
Uruguay winger Facundo Torres claims Arsenal held talks with his MLS club Orlando City over signing him
The ex-Penarol star, 22, is still waiting to see what will happen following the pre-World Cup discussions.
Torres told told 90min: “Orlando City confirmed to me that there was contact with Arsenal, but then I left for the World Cup and I didn’t want to hear about a potential transfer at that point.
“So the conversation stayed there but now that I am back with the team, we will see where the conversation goes.”
Torres had a superb 2022 MLS season, notching nine goals and eight assists.
- Ian Tuckey
‘Most Utd fans disappointed by Antony’
Paul Parker believes £85.5million winger Antony “seems very immature on the pitch” and has “disappointed” most Manchester United fans.
The ex-Old Trafford defender claims the Brazil ace, 22, recruited from Ajax in August, has yet to adjust to English football.
Former England star Parker told Soccernews: “Antony has done okay for Man United.
“He hasn’t been amazing but he is also young and needs to adapt to the Premier League.
“But honestly, I think that the vast majority of the fans have been disappointed by him.
“They expected a different kind of player. They expected him to be very quick and run past defenders but he hasn’t really done that.”
“I personally think that he is thinking too slow and he seems very immature on the pitch. He needs to beat people more and believe in himself because he has the abilities to be a very good winger for Man United.”
- Ian Tuckey
Ronaldo set to be skipper vs Messi's PSG
Cristiano Ronaldo will reportedly make his Saudi Arabian debut as CAPTAIN as he prepares to face off with old rival Lionel Messi.
Ronaldo and Messi have been at the forefront of world football for well over 15 years.
Both continued to reach new heights, including dominating the famous Ballon d'Or trophy from 2008 to 2017.
However, Ronaldo finally called time on his European career after signing for Saudi side Al Nassr following the mutual termination of his deal at Manchester United.
Ronaldo signed a record-breaking £173million-a-year contract at the club.
And now, according to Marca, Ronaldo will make his debut in an exhibition match against Messi's Paris Saint-Germain.
- Ian Tuckey
Rashford in talks over new 5-year Utd deal
Manchester United are in talks with Marcus Rashford over a new five-year, £300,000-a-week contract.
But the Red Devils will not bust their new pay structure for him.
The club do not want to go above a £300k ceiling as they aim to move away from the days when players like Alexis Sanchez earned £500,000-a-week.
United also had issues with huge wages for former stars Paul Pogba and Cristiano Ronaldo.
Rashford, 25, is currently on £200,000-a-week and will be offered a 50 per cent pay rise with incentives on top of that.
The current top earner at the club is goalkeeper David de Gea on £375,000-a-week.
But with his deal running out in the summer, they will only offer the 32-year-old reduced terms of around £275,000.
- Ian Tuckey
‘Red Devils battle Gunners for Luiz’
Arsenal and Manchester United have joined the race to sign Real Betis winger Luiz Henrique, according to Fichajes.
The 22-year-old La Liga winger is catching the eye of a number of top clubs after bagging three goals and five assists in all competitions this season.
- Ian Tuckey
Julen ready to shake Wolves up
Julen Lopetegui is ready to reboot his Wolves squad once tomorrow night's FA Cup replay against Liverpool is out of the way, writes GRAEME BRYCE.
However he refused to confirm whether he is about to shift struggling forward Goncalo Guedes to make room for PSG's Spain international Pablo Sarabia, who is expected to arrive in a £4.5million deal this week.
Bruno Lage signed 26-year-old Portugal international Guedes from Valencia for £27.5million in August.
However, despite opening the scoring at Anfield 10 days ago, Guedes only lasted an hour before Lopetegui replaced him.
Four days later he was hooked at half-time in Wolves' Carabao Cup defeat at Nottingham Forest last week and the forward didn;t even make Lopetegui's squad against West Ham on Saturday.
Guedes has only scored twice in 18 appearances for Wolves and could return to Spain where Valencia, Atletico Madrid and Barcelona are keeping track of his current plight.
With Diego Costa fit again, the writing will be on the wall for Guedes if he does not feature tonight in front of a packed Molineux, as Wolves look to gain revenge after being on the wrong end of two massive offside calls in the original tie.
“Goncalo is a good player, he’s our player and he is working in a good way – but we have to take a decision,"
- Ian Tuckey
'Villa agree £14.75m Duran deal'
Aston Villa have agreed a £14.75million to sign exciting Colombian wonderkid Jhon Duran from Chicago Fire, writes GRAEME BRYCE.
The powerful 19-year-old has scored eight goals and set up six more in 28 appearances for the MLS outfit.
Unai Emery has moved swiftly to beat off competition for the kid striker, regarded as one of the best prospects Colombian football has produced in years.
Duran has already been capped three times at full senior level for his country and came off the bench to shine in their November win over Paraguay.
His final price could soar to almost £18million after Villa agreed to pay Chicago Fire a further £3million in potential add-ons.
Villa will now try to push through a work visa for the teenager, who is unlikely to have cut through all the red tape required to face Southampton at St Mary's on Saturday.
However Duran could be in the stand to eye up his potential strike partners Ollie Watkins and Danny Ings if he can arrange flights to get across 'The Pond,' in time.
Duran is Emery's second signing for Villa after paying £14m for Real Betis left-back Alex Moreno.
- Ian Tuckey
Wolves agree Sarabia deal
Wolves have agreed a £4.4m fee for PSG's Spain winger Pablo Sarabia.
The 26-cap ex-Sevilla star, 30, will have a medical tomorrow before signing a two-and-half-year contract.
Sarabia spent 2021-22 on loan at Sporting Lisbon and played once at last year's World Cup.
Wolves boss Julen Lopeteguiknows him through the national team's age-group teams and Sevilla.
- Ian Tuckey
Forest confirm Danilo coup
Nottingham Forest have seen off competition from Manchester United, Arsenal and Barcelona to land Brazilian wonderkid Danilo.
Steve Cooper has pulled off an £18million coup to sign the 21-year-old Palmeiras defensive midfielder, with the help of his former team-mate Gustavo Scarpa.
Danilo, who will wear the No28 shirt, has signed a six-and a-half-year deal which commits him to Forest until the summer of 2029.
After completing his move to The City Ground, Danilo said: “I’m really happy to be fulfilling my dream of playing in the Premier League and playing for Nottingham Forest.
“I learnt a bit about the history of the Club and saw they had won two European Cups.
"I spoke to Gustavo Scarpa as well, and he told me that Nottingham is a great city and Forest have a quality squad with really good staff.
“I will show a lot of determination and a strong desire to win and will always look to do my best on the pitch to achieve positive results.
“I’m excited about getting started and meeting my new team-mates.”
- Ian Tuckey
Magpies eye THREE Chelsea players
NEWCASTLE are hoping to sign THREE Chelsea players this month to improve their top four chances, according to reports.
Eddie Howe‘s men extended their phenomenal unbeaten league run by beating Fulham 1-0 on Sunday.
Alexander Isak marked his first Prem outing since September by bundling home Callum Wilson‘s late cross to earn the Toon Army a crucial victory.
Newcastle sit third in the table, but are crucially FIVE points clear of fifth place Tottenham.
They’re also on a club-record 14-game run without defeat in the Premier League.
Regardless, Howe is still hoping to boost his squad, especially with the Magpies also just two games away from reaching the Carabao Cup final.
And according to the Telegraph, they’re looking to raid one of their top four rivals Chelsea.
The report claims they’re interested in signing Conor Gallagher, Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Hakim Ziyech.
- Ian Tuckey
Raphinha rated best alternative to Mudryk
Ian Wright reckons Arsenal should target Raphinha after losing out on Mykhailo Mudryk to Chelsea.
Barcelona are reportedly willing to offload ex-Leeds wideman Raphinha.
And the Gunners have also been linked with Brighton attacker Leandro Trossard.
Wrighty, though, believes Brazil star Raphinha could be the best option.
Asked if Prem leaders Arsenal should improve their squad this month, Wright told Premier League Productions: “Absolutely they do.
“It’s a shame about Mudryk… they [Chelsea] went to a level Arsenal couldn’t reach and Chelsea can. So they move again.
“There’s talk about Raphinha, that would be great, he’s played in the Premier League.
“But I think what it doesn’t do is stop what’s happening now.”
- Ian Tuckey
'Antony seems very immature on pitch'
Paul Parker believes £85.5million winger Antony "seems very immature on the pitch" and has "disappointed" most Manchester United fans.
The ex-Old Trafford defender claims the Brazil ace, 22, recruited from Ajax in August, has yet to adjust to English football.
Former England star Parker told Soccernews: “Antony has done okay for Man United.
"He hasn't been amazing but he is also young and needs to adapt to the Premier League.
“But honestly, I think that the vast majority of the fans have been disappointed by him.
"They expected a different kind of player. They expected him to be very quick and run past defenders but he hasn't really done that.”
“I personally think that he is thinking too slow and he seems very immature on the pitch. He needs to beat people more and believe in himself because he has the abilities to be a very good winger for Man United.”
- Ian Tuckey
Weghorst is ‘ten Hag’s signing’
Rio Ferdinand believes Erik ten Hag is responsible for the signing of Wout Weghorst, and the Dutch tactician could get the best out of him for United.
“I think this is a Ten Hag signing, and it is actually just is going against what United were doing before. We were buying [Radamel] Falcao, Zlatan [Ibrahimovic],” he told 90min.
“We were buying names maybe before going ‘does this guy fit the way we want to play?’. This is very much not a fashionable signing, it’s not one that rolls off the tongue.
“But I think if you look at Ten Hag’s history, you look at Ajax, he took [Sebastien] Haller, who no one was taking in the Premier League, off of West Ham, and he becomes one of the most feared strikers in Holland.
“But also in Champions League football, he was up there with the top strikers in terms of goals in the couple of seasons he was there. That type of player, a Weghorst, suits the way that Erik ten Hag wants to play if you look at Haller as the one example, so you can see why he would bring him.
“He’s got to have something about him. I don’t think you can judge him by the Burnley cameo, and I just think it’s about styles for Erik ten Hag, would he be able to fit into the way we play? In the way I want to play? Yes.”
- Ian Tuckey
Rice at 'centre of £80m transfer fight'
Declan Rice has been identified as Arsenal's top summer transfer target, reports suggest.
West Ham star Rice is entering the final year of his contract at the London Stadium this summer – although there is an optional extra year – and with their recent struggles, Rice may finally opt to jump ship.
A number of top clubs are interested in the 24-year-old, including Chelsea, Manchester United, Manchester City and Arsenal.
This summer is set to see a bidding war for the Englishman, which could see him eventually leave for £80million.
However, according to The Times, Arsenal believe they are in the strong position to sign Rice because they are the Premier League leaders.
The report indicates the Gunners remain keen on a new midfielder, and consequently have made Rice their priority.
Rice fits the mould of player targeted by Mikel Arteta in recent windows. He is young, aggressive, and has a burning desire to play in the Champions League – something Arsenal look all but certain to be able to offer next season.
Arsenal did prioritise signing a new winger this month but saw their efforts to land Mykhailo Mudryk fail after Chelsea threw a colossal package at the Ukrainian.
- Ian Tuckey
Torres in 'Arsenal talks'
Uruguay winger Facundo Torres claims Arsenal held talks with his MLS club Orlando City over signing him
The ex-Penarol star, 22, is still waiting to see what will happen following the pre-World Cup discussions.
Torres told told 90min: “Orlando City confirmed to me that there was contact with Arsenal, but then I left for the World Cup and I didn’t want to hear about a potential transfer at that point.
“So the conversation stayed there but now that I am back with the team, we will see where the conversation goes."
Torres had a superb 2022 MLS season, notching nine goals and eight assists.
- Ian Tuckey
Red Devils 'in contact with Denzel'
Manchester United have made contact with reported Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs target Denzel Dumfries.
Italian website Tuttomercatoweb suggest the Red Devils have made the first major step over Inter Milan's Holland right-back.
It's thought the Italian giants would consider selling the former PSV hero, 26.
- Ian Tuckey
Red Devils 'keen on Jesper'
AZ Alkmaar attacker Jesper Karlsson has been linked to Manchester United.
Old Trafford chief Erik ten Hag is rated a big admirer of the Sweden star, 24.
Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano reckons £13million-rated Karlsson is expected to leave his Dutch club this year.
The eight-cap ace has notched 37 goals and 28 assists in 104 games for Alkmaar.
And he fits Ten hag's like for players who can operate anywhere across the frontline.
- Ian Tuckey
Arteta on Mudryk
Mikel Arteta has responded to missing out on top transfer target Mykhailo Mudryk – hinting that Arsenal will be looking at alternatives.
He said: “We’ve excellent players. We want to improve our squad in this transfer window and I mean myself, the staff, players, the board, and ownership.
“We’re on it but we will do the deals that we can do and that we believe is right for the club”.
- Ian Tuckey
Riy's and shine for Ron and Georgina
Cristiano Ronaldo and Georgina Rodriguez enjoyed a family day out in "beautiful" Riyadh.
Following the Manchester United legend's transfer to Saudi Arabian side Al Nassr, he and his family went out for the day to see the sites.
Partner Georgina shared their experience on her Instagram page as she lavished praise on the "beautiful" city of Riyadh.
She shared a compilation of photos of the trip starting with herself outside of the Riyadh Season Winter Wonderland.
Georgina could be seen holding three large prizes won inside the park, as she stood in front of the "Sky Loop" ride.
The ride is the "world's longest rollercoaster", and reaches a breathtaking maximum height of 52 metres and a speed of 68mph.
The family was then shown in the next image, with Ronaldo donning a pair of glasses as he held youngest son Mateo.
Cristiano Ronaldo Jr, who recently starred for his new team in Saudi Arabia, raised his arm to block the sun as he sat on the far left of the photo.
Daughters Eva and Alana sat on Georgina's side of the photo with a beautiful water-themed backdrop behind them.
Later they were seen enjoying a ride on a carousel, while Mateo was spotted alongside a number of people wearing comic book characters' costumes including Spiderman, Hulk, Black Panther, Wolverine and Deadpool.
- Ian Tuckey
Marco move on cards?
Marco Reus’ agents were spotted at Old Trafford on Saturday, suggesting he may be about to join Manchester United.
Dirk Hebel and Darren Freeman watched the hosts beat derby rivals Manchester City 2-1, according to the Daily Mail.
Borussia Dortmund forward Reus, 33, is out of contract at the end of the season and is said to be open to leaving on a free.
- Ian Tuckey
Spanish giants duel for Gianluca
Real Madrid and Barcelona are locked in a transfer battle to sign Argentina wonderkid Gianluca Prestianni.
The 16-year-old is currently playing in his homeland for Velez Sarsfield.
Despite his young age, the winger has already made his senior debut for the club.
That made him the third-youngest player ever to appear in Argentina’s top-flight after legends Diego Maradona and Sergio Aguero.
Prestianni’s leadership qualities and raw pace have made him a standout to watching scouts.
Now Marca are claiming that both Real Madrid and Barcelona, who meet tonight in the Spanish Super Cup, are readying moves.
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