Salah set for £65m Saudi offer - Thursday's gossip

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Mohamed Salah set for big Saudi offer, Arsenal have two attacking targets in their sights and Napoli eye a double raid on Manchester United...

Egypt forward Mohamed Salah, 32, is set to be offered a £65m payday to tempt him to leave Liverpool for Saudi Arabia in the summer. (Sun), external

Real Madrid have backed off in their pursuit of Liverpool's Trent Alexander-Arnold, 26, and will return for the England defender in the summer. (Relevo - in Spanish), external

Arsenal are considering options to reinforce their attack with Sporting's Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres, 26, and Brentford's Cameroon forward Bryan Mbeumo, 25, on their list. (L'Equipe - in French), external

Napoli are set to join the race to sign 27-year-old England and Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford. (Sun), external

Manchester United will not allow Rashford to join one of their Premier League rivals, with Chelsea, Tottenham and West Ham having shown an interest in taking the forward on loan. (Star), external

Napoli are also confident of signing Alejandro Garnacho, 20, from Manchester United and have offered the Argentina winger a five-year contract. (Il Mattino - in Italian), external

However, the Serie A side will face competition from Tottenham for Garnacho. (Football Transfers), external

Al-Hilal and Brazil forward Neymar, 32, is in preliminary talks with three Major League Soccer sides including Chicago Fire about joining them. (ESPN), external

Brighton have expressed an interest in English centre-back Tosin Adarabioyo, 27, who joined Chelsea in July. (Mail), external

Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez is believed to favour a move to Liverpool over Manchester City and Manchester United, with the Cherries believed to want about £50m for the 21-year-old Hungary defender. (The i Newspaper), external

Deportivo La Coruna have turned down an offer from Chelsea for 22-year-old Spanish winger Yeremay Hernandez. (Metro), external

City Football Group, the parent company of Manchester City, is in talks to sign Juma Bah, 18, who is on loan at Real Valladolid from AIK Freetong, in his home country of Sierra Leone. (ESPN), external

West Ham's search for a striker could lead them to make a move for Fulham's 23-year-old Brazilian forward Rodrigo Muniz. (Standard), external

West Ham want to cut their losses on Brazilian Luis Guilherme, 18, and sell the forward just seven months after signing him. (Times - subscription required), external

Manchester United have held talks with several clubs, including Real Betis, as they attempt to offload 24-year-old Brazil winger Antony this month. (Sun), external

Chelsea are unlikely to sign England defender Marc Guehi, 24, from Crystal Palace this month after recalling Trevoh Chalobah, 25, from a loan spell at Selhurst Park. (Mail), external

Newcastle United have rejected a bid of £11m from Fenerbahce for 26-year-old English defender Lloyd Kelly. (Athletic), external

Aston Villa have started talks with English midfielder Louie Barry, 21, over a new contract amid interest from Celtic. (Football Insider), external

Chelsea and France centre-back Axel Disasi, 26, is attracting interest from Juventus, Atalanta and Bayer Leverkusen. (Caught Offside), external

West Ham want to bring in Nottingham Forest's 27-year-old Nigeria striker Taiwo Awoniyi. (Florian Plettenberg), external

MLS side Atlanta United are hoping to reunite with Paraguay midfielder Miguel Almiron, 30, and could pay Newcastle in the region of £11m. (Athletic), external

Aston Villa have been approached by Galatasaray over the possibility of a deal for Brazilian Diego Carlos, 31. (Fabrizio Romano), external

Celtic are close to agreeing pre-contract terms with Arsenal's Scotland left-back Kieran Tierney, 27, whose contract expires at the end of the season. The Scottish champions are also exploring signing him on loan this month. (Sky Sports), external

Everton, Burnley and Sheffield United are all interested in signing Leicester City striker Tom Cannon, 22, after the Republic of Ireland international was recalled from a loan spell at Stoke City. (Mail), external

Owls chief expects key departure - EFL gossip

Sheffield Wednesday chairman Dejphon Chansiri says Southampton will be recalling influential midfielder Shea Charles from his loan at Hillsborough. (Leeds Live, external)

Leeds want to sign versatile Plymouth wing-back Bali Mumba to aid their promotion push this month. (Leeds United News, external)

The Whites are ready to let veteran French midfielder Josuha Guilavogui return home to join Paris FC just three months after his arrival at Elland Road. (Football League World, external)

Former Liverpool and England midfielder Jonjo Shelvey remains on trial with Burnley as he seeks to seal a move back to England. (Burnley Express, external)

Middlesbrough want to make George Edmundson's loan from Ipswich into a permanent deal. (Football League World, external)

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