Alexander-Arnold rejects Liverpool offers - Friday's gossip

Trent Alexander-Arnold continues to reject contract offers from Liverpool, West Ham stand firm on Mohammed Kudus’ £85m release clause, Xabi Alonso set to leave Bayer Leverkusen next summer.

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Trent Alexander-Arnold continues to reject contract offers from Liverpool, West Ham stand firm on Mohammed Kudus’ £85m release clause, Xabi Alonso set to leave Bayer Leverkusen in the summer. Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold continues to reject offers to renew his contract at Anfield as Real Madrid press on with negotiations to sign the 26-year-old when his current deal expires next summer. (Relevo - in Spanish) , external West Ham are expected to stand firm on Ghana attacking midfielder Mohammed Kudus' £85m release clause with Arsenal and Liverpool both monitoring the 24-year-old.

(Mail - subscription required) , external Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso will leave the Bundesliga club at the end of the season despite signing a contract until 2026, with Real Madrid set to be his next destination. (Eurosport Spain - in Spanish) , external Barcelona are interested in Wolves' Spanish left-back Hugo Bueno, 22, who is currently on loan at Dutch side Feyenoord . (Sport - in Spanish) , external Real Madrid have made a first enquiry into signing Bayer Leverkusen's German international centre-back Jonathan Tah.



Barcelona , Bayern Munich and clubs from the Premier League are all said to be tracking the defender, whose contract with Leverkusen expires at the end of the season. ( AS - in Spanish , external ) Nottingham Forest are under no pressure to sell Brazilian 22-year-old centre-back Murillo in January after interest from Real Madrid . The defender is valued at £40m.

( Daily Mail , external ) Manchester United and Liverpool are keeping tabs on Fulham left-back Antonee Robinson, 27, after his fine start to the season. The London club are said to be reluctant to let the American leave during the season, ruling out a possible January move. ( Football Insider , external ) Liverpool and Chelsea are among the clubs to have sent scouts to watch versatile 17-year-old midfielder Andrija Maksimovic although they have been told the Serbia international will not leave Red Star Belgrade on the cheap.

(Teamtalk) , external Barcelona have drawn up a shortlist of January targets including Napoli's Georgian winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, 23 and AC Milan's Portugal foward Rafael Leao, 25. ( Diario Sport - in Spanish , external ) Crystal Palace have approached Chelsea about signing Ukraine winger Mykhailo Mudryk, 23, on loan in January. (Football Transfers) , external Liverpool are not looking to offload Italy forward Federico Chiesa, 27, despite reports of a return to Serie A.

( The Athletic - subscription required , external ) Bayer Leverkusen managing director of sport Simon Rolfes is on Arsenal's radar to replace Edu as the club's sporting director. (Mail - subscription required) , external French midfielder Paul Pogba, 31, will officially leave Juventus in the next few days and become a free agent. (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian) , external.