Thursday’s gossip: Bellingham, De Jong, Lindstrom, Mudryk, Gomes, Kiwior

Jude Bellingham

Borussia Dortmund value 19-year-old England midfielder Jude Bellingham, a transfer target of Manchester United and Liverpool, at around £130m. (Athletic – subscription required)external-link

Netherlands midfielder Frenkie de Jong, 25, says he “always wanted to stay at Barcelona” after refusing a £65m move to Manchester United during the summer transfer window. (Mirror)external-link

Arsenal have contacted Eintracht Frankfurt’s Jesper Lindstrom, 22, over a £17m move for the Denmark attacking midfielder in January. (Bild – in German)external-link

Arsenal could face competition from Brighton in their hopes of signing Ukraine winger Mykhaylo Mudryk, 21, from Shakhtar Donetsk in January. (Express)external-link

Everton have had a bid of 30m euros (£26.2m) turned down for Mudryk as Shakhtar want more than 50m euros (£43.7m), but there has been no bid from Arsenal yet. (Fabrizio Romano)external-link

Flamengo’s vice-president says there has been “no proposal” for Joao Gomes, 21, with the Brazilian midfielder linked with Liverpool and Manchester United. (ESPN – in Portuguese)external-link

Manchester United were interested in offering Belgium midfielder Andreas Pereira, 28, as part of a swap deal for Gomes in the summer, before Pereira joined Fulham. (Talksport)external-link

Celtic manager Ange Postecoglou says leaving to take charge of Leicester City is “not on my radar”. (Sky Sports)external-link

Barcelona’s 34-year-old Spain midfielder Sergio Busquets is willing to join Major League Soccer side Inter Miami, co-owned by David Beckham, at the end of his contract next summer. (Sport – in Spanish) external-link

Spain forward Marco Asensio, 26, has not closed the door on a potential move from Real Madrid to their arch rivals Barcelona. (Sport – via El Partidazo de Cope)external-link

The two-year contract extension signed in July by Barcelona’s France midfielder Ousmane Dembele, 25, included a release clause of 50m euros (£43.7m), which will be valid from next summer. Dembele would receive half that fee after agreeing to waive a signing-on bonus. (L’Equipe – in French)external-link

Barcelona have threatened to take legal action against El Mundo over publishing details of the club’s contract negotiations with Lionel Messi before he joined Paris St-Germain. (Mail)external-link

No club matched the asking price in the summer for PSV Eindhoven’s 23-year-old Netherlands winger Cody Gakpo, who was linked with a move to Manchester United, Southampton, Leeds United and Arsenal. (Voetbal International via TalkSport)external-link

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