{"id":3635,"date":"2025-12-14T22:15:41","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=3635"},"modified":"2025-12-14T22:15:41","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T22:15:41","slug":"football-gossip-mainoo-zirkzee-van-hecke-johnson-vlahovic-thiago-xavi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=3635","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Mainoo, Zirkzee, Van Hecke, Johnson, Vlahovic, Thiago, Xavi"},"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\">Manchester United might block midfielder Kobbie Mainoo from moving in January, Roma could move for United striker Joshua Zirkzee and Tottenham could wait until next summer to sign Brighton defender Jan Paul van Hecke.   <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United <\/b>manager Ruben Amorim will block 20-year-old England midfielder Kobbie Mainoo from leaving the club in January amid interest from <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Napoli<\/b>. <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/12\/14\/ruben-amorim-tries-block-manchester-united-transfer-ahead-january-window-25472421\/?ito=newsnow-feed\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Metro)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Chelsea <\/b>and <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Bayern Munich<\/b> are the frontrunners among a number of clubs trying to sign Mainoo. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2025\/12\/14\/chelsea-lead-race-sign-kobbie-mainoo\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Caught Offside)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Roma<\/b> could make a move for <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United&#8217;s<\/b> 24-year-old Netherlands striker Joshua Zirkzee in January. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gazzetta.it\/Calcio\/Serie-A\/Roma\/14-12-2025\/paulo-dybala-panchina-contro-il-como-situazione-rinnovo-con-la-roma.shtml\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Gazzetta &#8211; in Italian)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tottenham<\/b> are are prepared to wait until next summer to sign <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Brighton&#8217;s<\/b> 25-year-old Netherlands defender Jan Paul van Hecke. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/tottenham-backed-to-accelerate-van-hecke-deal-after-getting-encouragement-from-brighton\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Football Insider)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Spurs <\/b>are strongly considering selling 24-year-old Wales forward Brennan Johnson amid interest from <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Crystal Palace.<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/brennan-johnson-transfer-green-light-crystal-palace-interest-asking-price-emerges\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Teamtalk)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Barcelona<\/b> have cooled their interest in Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic with the 25-year-old likely to join <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">AC Milan<\/b> from <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Juventus<\/b> instead. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/barca\/dudas-barca-vlahovic-124767729\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Sport &#8211; in Spanish)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Real Madrid <\/b>and <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Paris St-Germain<\/b> want to sign <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Bayern Munich&#8217;s<\/b> France defender Dayot Upamecano but the Bundesliga club want to negotiate a new contract with the 27-year-old. <a href=\"https:\/\/sportbild.bild.de\/fussball\/fc-bayern-muenchen\/es-ist-turbulent-bayern-mit-ueberraschendem-update-zu-diesem-star-693d84cf840050c476912107\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Bild &#8211; in German)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tottenham<\/b>,<b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"> Aston Villa<\/b> and <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">West Ham<\/b> are all showing interest in <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Brentford&#8217;s<\/b> 24-year-old Brazilian striker Igor Thiago. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2025\/12\/14\/tottenham-showing-interest-igor-thiago\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Caught Offside)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tottenham<\/b> are considering replacing under-pressure manager Thomas Frank with former <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Barcelona<\/b> boss Xavi. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fichajes.net\/noticias\/tottenham-quiere-xavi-hernandez-nuevo-entrenador-20251214.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Fichajes &#8211; in Spanish)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United<\/b> are planning to consider offers for Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte, 24, in January. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/man-united-plan-to-accept-big-manuel-ugarte-offer-after-ruben-amorim-decision\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Football Insider)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">AC Milan<\/b> are ready to accelerate their interest to secure a January deal for <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">West Ham&#8217;s<\/b> 32-year-old Germany striker Niclas Fullkrug. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.calciomercato.com\/liste\/milan-tare-pronto-a-bloccare-fullkrug-per-gennaio-contatti-con-gli-agenti-e-il-west-ham\/blt825e2a01f116405e#cs2183256609fc5567\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Calcio Mercato &#8211; in Italian) <span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/cm21xr94w2ro?at_medium=RSS&#038;at_campaign=rss\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United might block &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3636,"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\/3635"}],"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=3635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}