{"id":678981,"date":"2026-01-07T02:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/678981\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T02:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T02:38:19","slug":"football-gossip-strand-larsen-zirkzee-chiesa-lewandowski-upamecano-endrick-antonio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/678981\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Strand Larsen, Zirkzee, Chiesa, Lewandowski, Upamecano, Endrick, Antonio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle United<\/b><\/a> may have to compete with <\/b>Tottenham<\/b><\/a> if they want <\/b>Wolves<\/b><\/a> striker Jorgen Strand Larsen, Roma’s interest in Joshua Zirkzee is complicated by <\/b>Manchester United<\/b><\/a> sacking Ruben Amorim and <\/b>Liverpool<\/b><\/a> are unlikely to let Federico Chiesa leave in January. <\/b><\/p>\n

Newcastle United<\/b><\/a> will have Tottenham<\/b><\/a> for competition if they go back to Wolves<\/b><\/a> in an effort to sign 25-year-old Norway striker Jorgen Strand Larsen. (ChronicleLive), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Tottenham<\/b><\/a> are looking at signing a forward in January as the injury suffered by Ghana international Mohammed Kudus, 25, is worse than they initially thought. (Telegraph – subscription required), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Roma<\/b> director Ricky Massara says the situation over any move for Manchester United<\/b><\/a> forward Joshua Zirkzee, 24, has changed following head coach Ruben Amorim’s Old Trafford exit. (Sky Sports Italia, via Football Italia), external<\/a> <\/p>\n

Juventus’<\/b> hopes of signing Italy winger Federico Chiesa, 28, from Liverpool<\/b><\/a> depend on whether Egypt forward Mohamed Salah, 33, stays at Anfield. (La Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian), external<\/a> <\/p>\n

Napoli<\/b> are also keen on Chiesa but Liverpool<\/b><\/a> have not had any formal approaches for the forward and are unlikely to allow him to leave in January. (Sky Sports News), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Poland striker Robert Lewandowski does not want to leave Barcelona<\/b> in January, despite a number of enquiries for the 37-year-old. (Sky Sports Germany), external<\/a> <\/p>\n

Bayern Munich <\/b>have offered France defender Dayot Upamecano, whose current deal runs out in the summer, an improved contract extension offer and would prefer a decision sooner rather than later, while the 27-year-old appears more relaxed about the situation. (Sky Sports Germany), external<\/a> <\/p>\n

AC Milan<\/b> are interested in Bayern Munich<\/b> centre-back Kim Min-jae, 29, but will need the German club to contribute to the South Korea international’s salary for any deal to happen. (La Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian), external<\/a><\/p>\n

Real Madrid’s<\/b> 19-year-old striker Endrick, who has joined Lyon<\/b> on loan, says Brazil coach Carlo Ancelotti advised him to leave the Spanish club to get more first-team football. (Goal), external<\/a> <\/p>\n

Striker Michail Antonio, formerly of West Ham<\/b><\/a>, has seen a proposed deal with Leicester City<\/b> fall through after picking up a muscle injury. The 35-year-old, who has featured internationally for Jamaica, has not played a club game since a car crash in December 2024 but had been in talks over a short-term contract. (Talksport), external<\/a><\/p>\n

South Korea forward Yang Min-hyeok, 19, is set to join Championship leaders Coventry City<\/b> on loan from Tottenham<\/b><\/a>.<\/b> (Fabrizio Romano), external<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle United may have to compete with Tottenham if they want Wolves striker Jorgen Strand Larsen, Roma’s interest…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-678981","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\/115851500280251339","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678981","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=678981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}