Saturday’s gossip: Rice, Martinez, Onana, Nagelsmann, Bellingham, Frimpong

Saturday’s gossip: Rice, Martinez, Onana, Nagelsmann, Bellingham, Frimpong

Declan Rice

West Ham will demand £100m for England midfielder Declan Rice, 24, this summer. (ESPN)external-link

West Ham are monitoring 27-year-old England midfielder Kalvin Phillips, whose Manchester City future appears uncertain. (Times – subscription)external-link

Chelsea are exploring a summer move for Inter Milan’s 25-year-old Argentina striker Lautaro Martinez, who is also a target for Manchester United. (Football Insider)external-link

Chelsea want to make Inter Milan and Cameroon’s Andre Onana, 27, their number one goalkeeper next season and remain confident of recruiting Mauricio Pochettino as manager. (Telegraph – subscription)external-link

Former Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann, 35, has held talks about the vacant Tottenham job. (Sky Germany).external-link

Nagelsmann wants clarity over some issues at Tottenham, including the position of 29-year-old England striker Harry Kane, who has been linked with Manchester United. (Mirror)external-link

Borussia Dortmund and England midfielder Jude Bellingham, 19, will sign a six-year contract with Real Madrid this summer, which will make him the second-highest earner at the Spanish giants after Eden Hazard. (SER Deportivos via Mail)external-link

Borussia Dortmund manager Edin Terzic says he has not “heard” from Bellingham about joining another club. (Goal)external-link

Manager Mikel Arteta hopes Arsenal agree a new deal with 22-year-old France defender William Saliba, who will soon enter the final year of his contract. (Times – subscription)external-link

Liverpool and Paris St-Germain are interested in Sporting Lisbon’s 21-year-old Portugal defender Goncalo Inacio. (Le Parisien – in French)external-link

Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag wants to sign 22-year-old Dutch defender Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen this summer. (Mirror)external-link

Manchester United are not planning to sign Wout Weghorst on a permanent deal. The 30-year-old Netherlands forward joined on loan from Burnley in January. (Manchester Evening News)external-link

Croatia midfielder Luka Modric, 37, is set to extend his Real Madrid contract until 2024. (Relevo – in Spanish)external-link

Manchester City are closing in on a deal for England Under-16 goalkeeper Spike Brits from AFC Wimbledon.(Fabrizio Romano)external-link

Arsenal are tracking 23-year-old Dinamo Zagreb and Croatia defender Josip Sutalo. (Evening Standard)external-link

Wolves are interested in a £25m deal for Coventry City’s 24-year-old Sweden striker Viktor Gyokeres. (TalkSport)external-link

Burnley and Leeds are also tracking Gyokeres. (Football League World)external-link

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