Forest prepare Ferguson bid - Wednesday's gossip

Nottingham Forest are preparing a January move for Evan Ferguson, Real Madrid will wait to sign Trent Alexander-Arnold on a free transfer, and several Premier League clubs are interested in Nico Williams.

Nottingham Forest are considering a January bid for Brighton's 20-year-old Republic of Ireland striker Evan Ferguson. (Football Insider)

Real Madrid only want to sign Liverpool's England defender Trent Alexander-Arnold, 26, on a free transfer. (Telegraph - subscription)

Liverpool are planning to make a combined £91m January move for Bournemouth's 21-year-old Hungary left-back Milos Kerkez and Real Sociedad's 25-year-old Spain midfielder Martin Zubimendi. (Teamtalk)

Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham are interested in Athletic Bilbao's 22-year-old Spain winger Nico Williams. (Athletic - subscription)

Barcelona are monitoring Newcastle United's 25-year-old Sweden striker Alexander Isak. (Caught Offside)

Manchester United are interested in RB Leipzig's Germany defender David Raum, 26, and 19-year-old Juventus and Turkey forward Kenan Yildiz. (Sky Germany - in German)

Manchester United have approached 24-year-old Canada defender Alphonso Davies to gauge his interest in joining when his Bayern Munich contract expires next summer. (Teamtalk)

Leicester City are keen to add to their attacking options with a new forward in the January transfer window. (Football Insider)

Barcelona will attempt to rival Real Madrid for Manchester United's 25-year-old Portugal defender Diogo Dalot, should he want to leave Old Trafford. (Caught Offside)

Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has emerged as a target for RB Leipzig. (Sun via Sky Germany)

Ivory Coast winger Amad Diallo, 22, could leave Manchester United in January. (Express)

Manchester United are assessing their goalkeeping options in case Turkish 26-year-old Altay Bayindir leaves in January. (Mail - subscription)

Tottenham, Manchester City and Chelsea are interested in AC Milan's 26-year-old Netherlands midfielder Tijjani Reijnders. (Calciomercato - in Italian)

Former Juventus and AC Milan manager Massimiliano Allegri is a contender for the West Ham job should they sack Julen Lopetegui. (Calciomercato - in Italian)

Arsenal have been rejected by AC Milan's Portugal attacker Rafael Leao, 25, after making an informal approach about a January move. (Football Transfers via Caught Offside)

Real Madrid's Spanish defender Raul Asencio, 21, turned down the chance to join City Football Group in a £5m move this summer. (AS - in Spanish)

Arsenal and Liverpool are the most likely destinations for Netherlands midfielder Xavi Simons, 21, should Paris St-Germain sell him next summer. He would cost at least £66m. (Athletic - subscription)

Napoli are in pole position to sign Chelsea, Tottenham and West Ham target Patrick Dorgu, 20, from Lecce in January. (La Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian)