{"id":47564,"date":"2026-01-15T21:51:59","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:51:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=47564"},"modified":"2026-01-15T21:51:59","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T21:51:59","slug":"c2056rdk1e6oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2026\/01\/15\/c2056rdk1e6oat_mediumrssat_campaignrss\/","title":{"rendered":"Football gossip: Abraham, Baleba, Mateta, Maguire, Senesi, Mainoo, Ceballos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Tammy Abraham could return to <\/i><\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Aston Villa<\/i><\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">, <\/i><\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\">Manchester United<\/i><\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"><i class=\"ssrcss-xbdn93-ItalicText e5tfeyi2\"> hope to sign Carlos Baleba in the summer, and Jean-Philippe Mateta is a target for Juventus.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Aston Villa<\/b> want to seal a permanent deal for England striker Tammy Abraham, who is currently on loan at <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Besiktas<\/b> from <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Roma<\/b>. The 28-year-old spent 2018-19 on loan at Villa and helped them earn promotion to the Premier League. (Times &#8211; subscription required)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United<\/b> are growing increasingly confident they will sign Cameroon midfielder Carlos Baleba, 22, from <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Brighton<\/b> in the summer. (Sun)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Juventus<\/b> have made an inquiry about signing France striker Jean-Philippe Mateta, 28, from <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Crystal Palace<\/b> this month as they seek a long-term replacement for Serbia attacker Dusan Vlahovic, 25. (Sky Sports)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Inter Milan<\/b>, <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Napoli <\/b>and <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Fiorentina<\/b> are all contenders to move for <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United<\/b> and England defender Harry Maguire, 32, in January. (Tuttomercato &#8211; in Italian)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Nottingham Forest<\/b> and Brazil defender Murillo, 23, is being considered by <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United<\/b> as they look for a long-term Maguire replacement. (Mail)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Chelsea<\/b> want to bring in a defender this window with <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Bournemouth<\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">&#8216;s<\/b> Argentina international Marcos Senesi, 28, among several targets. (Talksport)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United<\/b> caretaker head coach Michael Carrick is keen to sign <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Middlesbrough&#8217;s <\/b>English midfielder Hayden Hackney, 23, who is also attracting interest from <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tottenham<\/b>. (Teamtalk)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Valencia<\/b> have approached <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Brentford<\/b> about the availability of 28-year-old Nigeria midfielder Frank Onyeka. (Sky Sports)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">West Ham<\/b> look set to miss out on <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Toulouse <\/b>defender Charlie Cresswell, 23, after Wolfsburg submitted a bid of \u00a315.6m for the Englishman. (Athletic &#8211; subscription required)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Nottingham Forest<\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"> <\/b>are pushing to sign Italy and <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Inter Milan<\/b> midfielder Davide Frattesi, 26. (Tuttomercato &#8211; in Italian)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">England midfielder Kobbie Mainoo could look to secure a loan exit if his playing time at <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United<\/b> does not improve this month, with <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Napoli<\/b> leading the race for the 20-year-old. (Star)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Crystal Palace<\/b> and <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Brighton<\/b> are competing with <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Celtic<\/b> and <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Norwich<\/b> for <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Dundalk&#8217;s<\/b> 17-year-old Irish defender Vinnie Leonard. (Football Insider)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Aston Villa<\/b> could move for <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Real Madrid<\/b> and Spain midfielder Dani Ceballos, 29, after missing out on signing Conor Gallagher. (Talksport)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Tottenham<\/b> are exploring options to sell Argentine striker Alejo Veliz, 22, who is currently on loan at Rosario Central and are in talks with Brazilian club <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Bahia<\/b>. (Athletic &#8211; subscription required)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Galatasaray<\/b>, <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Napoli<\/b>, <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Juventus<\/b> and clubs in Saudi Arabia<b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"> <\/b>are monitoring Portugal midfielder Bernardo Silva, 32, who is in the final year of his deal with <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester City<\/b> and yet to agree an extension. (Caught Offside)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Wolves<\/b><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\"> <\/b>are hoping to beat a host of Premier League rivals to two Scottish teenagers &#8211; <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Dundee United<\/b> striker Kai Hutchinson, 15, and 17-year-old <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Aberdeen<\/b> midfielder Cooper Masson. (Teamtalk)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Sheffield United<\/b> have registered their interest in England midfielder Ross Barkley, 32, who is struggling for regular game time at <b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Aston Villa<\/b>. (Football Insider)<span class=\"visually-hidden ssrcss-1f39n02-VisuallyHidden e16en2lz0\">, <!-- -->external<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Football #gossip #Abraham #Baleba #Mateta #Maguire #Senesi #Mainoo #Ceballos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tammy Abraham could return to Aston Villa, Manchester United hope to sign Carlos Baleba in the summer, and Jean-Philippe Mateta&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":47565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47564"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47566,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47564\/revisions\/47566"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}