Football Gossip: Arsenal formally approaches Boateng, Chelsea wants David Alaba

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Manchester United have renewed their interest in Sporting Lisbon’s Portugal playmaker Bruno Fernandes, 25. (Goal.com)

Arsenal have formally made contact with Bayern Munich for the possibility of bringing 31-year-old Germany defender Jerome Boateng to the Emirates. (Footmercato – in French)

Chelsea are eyeing Bayern Munich and Austria left-back David Alaba, the defender who was once eligible to play for Nigeria but refused the offer has 18 months left on his contract. (Mirror)

Everton boss Carlo Ancelotti has turned to the transfer market in a bid to strengthen his squad after his side was evicted from the  FA Cup by a youthful Liverpool side. (Times – subscription required) 

Barcelona are in pole position to sign Dinamo Zagreb’s Dani Olmo, Chelsea and Manchester United have held talks with the 21-year-old Spain forward. (Goal.com)

Manchester United and England midfielder Jesse Lingard, 27, has teamed up with Paul Pogba’s agent Mino Raiola, amidst rumours of a move away from Old Trafford. (Mail)

Juventus has targeted Inter Milan striker, Mario Icardi despite that Paris St-Germain have an option to buy in his loan agreement. The Paris based club agreed to sign the 26-year-old for £59.7m at the end of his loan spell at the club. (Mail)

Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur target Hakim Ziyech, 26, has been told he can leave the club this month, The Ajax and Morocco midfielder has been linked with a host of clubs in Europe after an impressive 2018/19 season which saw Ajax reach the Semi-Finals of the UEFA Champions League. (Football.London)

Chelsea have made highly rated Inter Milan’s Brazil striker Gabriel Barbosa, 23, their top priority in the January transfer window as manager Frank Lampard looks to boost his squad with a new forward. (Express)

Lampard has made it clear that France forward Olivier Giroud, 33, could leave Stamford Bridge this month, with Aston Villa interested in the bullish Central Forward. (Birmingham Mail)

In related news, Newcastle wants Giroud on loan for the rest of the season but as Chelsea are short of options in almost every area of the pitch they have told them they will not let the striker leave unless they can bring in a replacement. (Telegraph)

More news from Stamford Bridge states that the club wants any club wanting to take English midfielder Danny Drinkwater on loan to pay the 29-year-old’s £110,000-a-week wages. (Sun) 

Watford and Everton battle it out to sign Carlisle’s 17-year-old English forward Jarrad Branthwaite. (Watford Observer)

Sheffield United boss Chris Wilder wants another striker in the club before the end of the January transfer window and has set his sight on 26-year-old CFR Cluj’s French striker Billel Omrani. (Sun)

German sides Eintracht Frankfurt and Cologne want Burnley’s English defender Ben Gibson, 26. (Mail)

Crystal Palace manager Roy Hodgson wants two strikers in the January transfer window. (South London Press)

Barcelona and France forward Ousmane Dembele 22, liking a mocked-up picture of himself wearing a Reds kit on Instagram Liverpool has gotten fans excited at the prospect of signing him. (Express)

Birmingham City are assured of keeping 16-year-old English midfielder Jude Bellingham amidst interests from Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund among others. (Mirror)

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