Saturday’s gossip: Mbappe, Osimhen, Boniface, Martinez, Toney, Phillips, Mejbri, Nketiah

Real Madrid will make a fresh attempt to sign Paris St-Germain’s France striker Kylian Mbappe, 25, and have given him a deadline of mid-January to decide if he wants to join in the summer. (Athletic – subscription)

Real Madrid will offer Mbappe £23m per year and a signing-on bonus of £110m. (Marca – in Spanish)

Liverpool are in the running to sign Mbappe because he has a good relationship with the club and manager Jurgen Klopp. (Talksport)

Arsenal are keen on Napoli’s 25-year-old Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen, Bayer Leverkusen’s 23-year-old Nigeria forward Victor Boniface and Inter Milan’s Argentina forward Lautaro Martinez, 26, as alternatives to Brentford’s 27-year-old England striker Ivan Toney. (Express)

Manchester City have opened talks with Juventus over letting 28-year-old England midfielder Kalvin Phillips leave on loan. (Times – subscription)

Chelsea remain interested in 16-year-old Spanish defender Pau Cubarsi, who has played for Barcelona’s B team this season. (Sport – in Spanish)
Manchester United are targeting VfB Stuttgart and Guinea striker Serhou Guirassy, 27, in the January transfer window. (Football Insider)

Manchester United’s Tunisia midfielder Hannibal Mejbri, 20, is wanted by Freiburg, Lyon and Sevilla. (Bild – in German)

Barcelona may offer Mason Greenwood the iconic number 10 shirt if he joins the club in a £40m deal from Manchester United. The 22-year-old forward is currently on loan at fellow La Liga side Getafe. (Sun)

Juventus are ready to offer 23-year-old Italy striker Moise Kean in exchange for Arsenal’s 20-year-old English midfielder Charlie-Michael Patino, who is on loan at Swansea City. (Tuttosport – in Italian)

Crystal Palace have had an enquiry for England striker Eddie Nketiah, 24, knocked back by Arsenal. (Mail)

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta is only willing to let Nketiah, striker Emile Smith Rowe, 23, and 25-year-old goalkeeper Aaron Ramsdale leave if they receive big offers. (Mirror)

Tottenham will step up their interest in Genoa’s 21-year-old Romania defender Radu Dragusin but face competition from Roma. (Telegraph – subscription)

Borussia Dortmund’s Algeria defender Ramy Bensebaini, 28, would be interested in joining Manchester United. (La Gazette du Fennec – in French)

Manager Andoni Iraola is worried that Bournemouth’s success could mean their best players leave. English striker Dominic Solanke, 26, is being tracked by Tottenham. (Independent)

Liverpool and Manchester United have been told that Benfica’s 20-year-old Portugal defender Antonio Silva is not for sale in January. (90min)

West Ham and Newcastle have been put on alert after Argentina striker Giovanni Simeone, 28, indicated he wants to leave Napoli in January. (Sky Sports)

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