{"id":18185,"date":"2026-02-02T23:24:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=18185"},"modified":"2026-02-02T23:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:24:28","slug":"football-gossip-rashford-alonso-upamecano-akliouche-malacia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=18185","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Rashford, Alonso, Upamecano, Akliouche, Malacia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Marcus Rashford eyeing permanent Barcelona switch, Raheem Sterling rejects Bundesliga move, and <\/i><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Tottenham<\/i><\/b><\/a><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\"> miss out on Maghnes Akliouche.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Marcus Rashford, 28, does not want to return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-united\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United<\/b><\/a> when his loan deal at <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Barcelona<\/b> expires and the England striker is prepared to take a pay cut to stay. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/man-united-transfers-marcus-rashford-36657419\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Mirror)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/liverpool\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Liverpool<\/b><\/a> midfielder Xabi Alonso is expected to feature on a three-man shortlist of potential successors to Pep Guardiola amid growing belief that this will be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-city\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester City<\/b><\/a> head coach&#8217;s final season in charge. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2026\/02\/02\/xabi-alonso-man-city-shortlist-pep-guardiola\/\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Telegraph &#8211; subscription required)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">France centre-back Dayot Upamecano, 27, is set to sign a new contract with <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Bayern Munich.<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/2018386986944332165\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Fabrizio Romano)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-united\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United<\/b><\/a><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">&#8216;s<\/b> Dutch defender Tyrell Malacia, 26, is angry with the club&#8217;s director of football Jason Wilcox for blocking a deadline-day move away from Old Trafford. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/manchester-united-transfer-news-malacia-36656482\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Mirror)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Malacia was about to board a plane bound for Turkey before completing a move to <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Besiktas<\/b> only for Wilcox to tell the left-back he must stay with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/manchester-united\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United<\/b><\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3954673\/tyrell-malacia-transfer-called-off-man-utd-besiktas\/\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Talksport)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/chelsea\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Chelsea<\/b><\/a> and England forward Raheem Sterling, 31, was offered to Bundesliga club <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Union Berlin<\/b> in the past few days but they opted not to pursue a deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Plettigoal\/status\/2018360175581671860\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Florian Plettenberg)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">France striker Karim Benzema, 38, is set to leave <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Al-Ittihad<\/b> for fellow Saudi Pro League club <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Al-Hilal<\/b>. Benzema joined Al-Ittihad on a three-year deal upon leaving Real Madrid in the summer of 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TheAthleticFC\/status\/2018423161205735678\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(The Athletic)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/teams\/tottenham-hotspur\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tottenham<\/b><\/a> were unable to finalise a deal with <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Monaco<\/b> for Maghnes Akliouche, 23, but might go back in for the France midfielder in the summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/tottenham-still-want-maghnes-akliouche-summer-deal-more-likely\" class=\"ssrcss-ckhpdl-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Teamtalk)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-i2z2ig-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c5yvenzg6wyo?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marcus Rashford eyeing permane&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[251],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}