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 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)

Real want to sign Alexander-Arnold, Bayer Leverkusen and Germany centre-back Jonathan Tah, 28, and Bayern Munich's 24-year-old Canada left-back Alphonso Davies on free transfers in the summer, while Leverkusen and Germany attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz, 21, is also a target. (AS - in Spanish)

West Ham are set 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)

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)

Barcelona are interested in Wolves' Spanish left-back Hugo Bueno, 22, who is currently on loan at Dutch side Feyenoord. (Sport - in Spanish)

Nottingham Forest are under no pressure to sell £40m-rated Brazilian defender Murillo, 22, in January despite interest from Real Madrid. (Mail - subscription required)

Manchester United and Liverpool are keeping tabs on Fulham left-back Antonee Robinson, 27. The London club are said to be reluctant to let the American leave during the season, ruling out a possible January move. (Football Insider)

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)

Barcelona have drawn up a shortlist of January targets including Napoli's Georgia winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, 23 and AC Milan's Portugal forward Rafael Leao, 25. (Diario Sport - in Spanish)

Crystal Palace have approached Chelsea about signing Ukraine winger Mykhailo Mudryk, 23, on loan in January. (Football Transfers)

Liverpool are not looking to offload Italy forward Federico Chiesa, 27, despite reports of a return to Serie A. (Athletic - subscription required)

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)

France midfielder Paul Pogba, 31, will officially leave Juventus in the next few days and become a free agent. (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian)