{"id":260412,"date":"2025-07-13T01:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T01:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260412\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T01:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T01:53:11","slug":"football-gossip-donnarumma-luiz-ekitike-diaz-gyokeres-sancho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/260412\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Donnarumma, Luiz, Ekitike, Diaz, Gyokeres, Sancho"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Paris St-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma is on Chelsea&#8217;s radar, Newcastle eye<\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"> <\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike, while West Ham want Juventus midfielder Douglas Luiz.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Chelsea <\/b>are interested in signing <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Paris St-Germain<\/b> and Italy goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma, 27. <a href=\"https:\/\/kiosque.lequipe.fr\/data\/1223\/reader\/reader.html#!preferred\/0\/package\/1223\/pub\/1223\/page\/13\/alb\/49365\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(L&#8217;Equipe &#8211; in French), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Newcastle <\/b>have rekindled their interest in <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Eintracht Frankfurt&#8217;s<\/b> French forward Hugo Ekitike, 23, and hope to beat <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Liverpool<\/b> to his signing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2025\/07\/12\/newcastle-striker-hugo-ekitike-despite-86-million-clause\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Telegraph &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">West Ham<\/b> are keen on signing former <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Aston Villa<\/b> midfielder Douglas Luiz from <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Juventus,<\/b> with the 27-year-old Brazilian having struggled to make an impact in Serie A. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/calcio\/fantanews\/12-07-2025\/juventus-douglas-luiz-verso-il-west-ham-piste-xhaka-e-bissouma-ma-spunta-andre.shtml\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Gazzetta dello Sport &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Barcelona<\/b> continue to work on deals for both <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Liverpool&#8217;s<\/b> Colombia winger Luis Diaz, 28, and <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United<\/b> and England forward Marcus Rashford, 27, but will not rush to sign either player. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marca.com\/futbol\/barcelona\/2025\/07\/12\/barca-juega-dos-bandas.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Marca &#8211; in Spanish), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Sporting<\/b> are ready to take disciplinary action against Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres, 27, after he missed his deadline to report for pre-season training as waits on a move to <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Arsenal<\/b>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2025\/jul\/12\/viktor-gyokeres-fails-report-sporting-training-arsenal\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Guardian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Juventus<\/b> have offered <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United<\/b> \u00a38.65m plus bonuses to take English winger Jadon Sancho, 25 off their hands. <a href=\"https:\/\/sport.sky.it\/calciomercato\/2025\/07\/12\/juventus-sancho-calciomercato-news\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Sky Sports Italy &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Aston Villa&#8217;s<\/b> Argentina international Emiliano Martinez is still of interest to <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United<\/b> but the two clubs are quite a way apart with their valuations of the 32-year-old. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2025\/07\/12\/manchester-united-sign-goalkeeper-andre-onana-injury\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Telegraph &#8211; subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Arsenal <\/b>have made progress in discussions with 18-year-old English midfielder Ethan Nwaneri over a new contract. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1944039711716388899\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Bayern Munich<\/b> are still monitoring France forward Christopher Nkunku&#8217;s situation at <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Chelsea<\/b> but whether they move for the 27-year-old will depend on the rest of their transfer business. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/1943977561908003086\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Florian Plettenberg), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Newcastle United<\/b> would have to agree a \u00a3100m deal to sign England striker Ollie Watkins, 29, from <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Aston Villa<\/b> this summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/ollie-watkins-to-newcastle-is-100m-deal-stefan-borson\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Football Insider), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Atletico Madrid&#8217;s <\/b>Conor Gallagher is open to a Premier League return after the England midfielder, 25, was offered to <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Newcastle<\/b>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/newcastle-united\/real-chance-newcastle-complete-conor-gallagher-transfer-tempting-fee\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Saudi Pro League club <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Al-Hilal<\/b> and clubs in Italy have made enquiries about <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">RB Leipzig&#8217;s<\/b> Benjamin Sesko after <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Arsenal<\/b> distanced themselves from signing the Slovenia striker, 22. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/benjamin-sesko-transfer-news-al-hilal-serie-a-arsenal-decision-sources\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Teamtalk), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">West Ham<\/b> have told <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Roma<\/b> they are looking to sell Morocco defender Nayef Aguerd, 29, and will not let him leave the club on loan. <a href=\"https:\/\/gianlucadimarzio.com\/roma-aguerd-calciomercato-west-ham-12-luglio-2025\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Gianluca di Marzio &#8211; in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Napoli<\/b> have jumped ahead of <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Leeds<\/b> in the race to sign <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Torino&#8217;s<\/b> 28-year-old Serbia goalkeeper Vanja Milinkovic-Savic. <a href=\"https:\/\/football-italia.net\/napoli-back-for-leeds-target-milinkovic-savic\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(Football Italia), external<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Paris St-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma is on Chelsea&#8217;s radar, Newcastle eye Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike, while West&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-260412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114843432376355611","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=260412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}