{"id":10889,"date":"2025-02-19T21:43:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/football-gossip-guehi-frimpong-zubimendi-kelleher-yamal-boa-morte\/"},"modified":"2025-02-19T21:43:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:43:42","slug":"football-gossip-guehi-frimpong-zubimendi-kelleher-yamal-boa-morte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/football-gossip-guehi-frimpong-zubimendi-kelleher-yamal-boa-morte\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Guehi, Frimpong, Zubimendi, Kelleher, Yamal, Boa Morte"},"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\">Chelsea want to re-sign defender Marc Guehi in the summer, Martin Zubimendi &#8211; who turned down Liverpool &#8211; could be finally heading to the Premier League, while former Fulham winger Luis Boa Morte could be heading into management in England.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Chelsea<\/b> are determined to beat off competition from Premier League rivals to sign <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Crystal Palace&#8217;s<\/b> \u00a370m-rated England defender Marc Guehi. The 24-year-old joined Palace from Chelsea in 2021. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/football\/transfer-news\/chelsea-transfer-news-marc-guehi-34710099\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Mirror)<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\">Liverpool<\/b> and <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester City<\/b> are both interested in <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Bayer Leverkusen&#8217;s<\/b> right-sided player Jeremie Frimpong, who has a &#8216;gentlemen&#8217;s agreement&#8217; with his German club to listen to offers worth 40m euros (\u00a333.1m). The Netherlands international, 24, was in City&#8217;s academy before moving to Celtic in 2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-city\/gentlemens-agreement-to-ignite-man-city-liverpool-transfer-battle-for-28-goal-bundesliga-ace\" 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\">Arsenal<\/b> are optimistic of signing <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Real Sociedad<\/b> and Spain midfielder Martin Zubimendi, 26, who decided to stay with his club rather than join <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Liverpool <\/b>last summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/arsenal\/agree-broad-terms-with-martin-zubimendi-as-remaining-hurdles-to-deal-clarified\" 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\">Liverpool&#8217;s<\/b> Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, 26, remains a top target for <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Chelsea<\/b> this summer, with the Blues prepared to pay up to \u00a340m for the Reds&#8217; second-choice stopper. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/chelsea-willing-to-pay-liverpools-caoimhin-kelleher-asking-price\/\" 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\">Barcelona&#8217;s<\/b> 17-year-old Spain winger Lamine Yamal has played down reports of a move to <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Paris St-Germain<\/b> &#8211; and says he loves Barca. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mundodeportivo.com\/futbol\/fc-barcelona\/20250219\/1002410519\/test-lamine-yamal-descubre-cracks-juegan-barca-mas-le-motivan.html\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Mundo Deportivo &#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\">Liverpool&#8217;s<\/b> Colombia forward Luis Diaz, 28, wants to sign a new contract &#8211; even though his current deal still has two years to run. <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/37m-player-has-told-liverpool-he-wants-to-sign-a-new-contract-at-anfield-urgently\/\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(TBR Football)<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\">Leicester City<\/b> and <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Crystal Palace<\/b> are watching <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Midtjylland<\/b> and Guinea-Bissau forward Franculino Dju, 20, who came through Benfica&#8217;s academy. <a href=\"https:\/\/bold.dk\/fodbold\/klubber\/fc-midtjylland\/nyheder\/premier-league-klubber-kigger-pa-franculino\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Bold &#8211; in Danish)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Former Fulham, Arsenal and West Ham winger Luis Boa Morte, currently head coach of the <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Guinea-Bissau<\/b> national men&#8217;s team, is interested in the vacant manager&#8217;s job at <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Blackburn Rovers. <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/33447618\/arsenal-boa-morte-blackburn-talks\/?utm_medium=Social&amp;utm_campaign=sunfootballtwitter&amp;utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1739960093\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">(Sun)<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\/cq8y21kgnxxo\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chelsea want to re-sign defender Marc Guehi in the summer, Martin Zubimendi &#8211; who turned down Liverpool &#8211; could be finally heading to the Premier League, while former Fulham winger Luis Boa Morte could be heading into management in England. Chelsea are determined to beat off competition from Premier League rivals to sign Crystal Palace&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10890,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10891,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10889\/revisions\/10891"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10890"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}