Liverpool could move for Rodrygo - Thursday's gossip

Liverpool see summertime move for Rodrygo, Manchester United to return for Jarrad Branthwaite and Chelsea are targeting Castello Lukeba.

Liverpool are fresh to move for Real Madrid and Brazil winger Rodrygo, 23, if Egypt guardant Mohamed Salah, 32, leaves Anfield astatine nan extremity of nan season. (Fichajes - successful Spanish), external

Everton's prospective caller owners nan Friedkin Group want to bring successful erstwhile Chelsea leader Maurizio Sarri, who near Lazio successful March, arsenic their caller manager. (Corriere dello Sport - successful Italian), external

Juventus are hoping to widen nan statement of Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic, 24, until 2028 aliases 2029, though negotiations are reported to beryllium astatine a standstill. Vlahovic has been linked precocious pinch Arsenal. (Calciomercato - successful Italian), external

Manchester United stay willing successful Everton's Jarrad Branthwaite and will make different effort to motion nan 22-year-old England-capped defender successful 2025. (HITC), external

Bayer Leverkusen's Netherlands right-back Jeremie Frimpong, 23, will beryllium precocious connected Liverpool's database to switch Trent Alexander-Arnold if nan England international, 25, leaves nan club. (Football Insider), external

Chelsea are targeting RB Leipzig's France centre-back Castello Lukeba, 21, arsenic they purpose to motion nan world's champion young players. (Teamtalk), external

Bayer Leverkusen’s Nigeria striker Victor Boniface, 23, is connected Chelsea's shortlist for a caller striker. (Teamtalk), external

Barcelona spot Porto's Portugal goalkeeper Diogo Costa, 25, arsenic a semipermanent action to switch Germany goalkeeper Marc-Andre ter Stegen, 32. (Mundo Deportivo - successful Spanish), external

Manchester United want to free up abstraction successful midfield and could fto Denmark's Christian Eriksen and Brazil's Casemiro, some 32, time off successful January. (Teamtalk), external

In 2020, Manchester United offered 100m euros (£83.5m) to Barcelona for Spain guardant Ansu Fati, who is now 21 and spent past play connected indebtedness pinch Brighton. (Athletic - subsription required), external

Bayer Leverkusen's 17-year-old German midfielder Francis Onyeka is being scouted by Chelsea. (Football Transfers), external

Newcastle United person beaten Real Madrid, Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund to unafraid nan services of Dinamo Tbilisi's 17-year-old Georgian guardant Vakhtang Salia. (HITC), external