Alexander-Arnold rejects Liverpool offers – Friday’s gossip

Trent Alexander-Arnold continues to reject contract offers from Liverpool, West Ham stand firm on Mohammed Kudus’ £85m release clause, Xabi Alonso set to leave Bayer Leverkusen in the summer.

Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold continues to reject offers to renew his contract at Anfield as Real Madrid press on with negotiations to sign the 26-year-old when his current deal expires next summer. (Relevo – in Spanish)

West Ham are expected to stand firm on Ghana attacking midfielder Mohammed Kudus’ £85m release clause with Arsenal and Liverpool both monitoring the 24-year-old. (Mail – subscription required)

Bayer Leverkusen boss Xabi Alonso will leave the Bundesliga club at the end of the season despite signing a contract until 2026, with Real Madrid set to be his next destination. (Eurosport Spain – in Spanish)

Barcelona are interested in Wolves’ Spanish left-back Hugo Bueno, 22, who is currently on loan at Dutch side Feyenoord. (Sport – in Spanish)

Real Madrid have made a first enquiry into signing Bayer Leverkusen’s German international centre-back Jonathan Tah. Barcelona, Bayern Munich and clubs from the Premier League are all said to be tracking the defender, whose contract with Leverkusen expires at the end of the season. (AS – in Spanish)

Nottingham Forest are under no pressure to sell Brazilian 22-year-old centre-back Murillo in January after interest from Real Madrid. The defender is valued at £40m. (Daily Mail)

Manchester United and Liverpool are keeping tabs on Fulham left-back Antonee Robinson, 27, after his fine start to the season. The London club are said to be reluctant to let the American leave during the season, ruling out a possible January move. (Football Insider)

Liverpool and Chelsea are among the clubs to have sent scouts to watch versatile 17-year-old midfielder Andrija Maksimovic although they have been told the Serbia international will not leave Red Star Belgrade on the cheap. (Teamtalk)

Barcelona have drawn up a shortlist of January targets including Napoli’s Georgian winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, 23 and AC Milan’s Portugal foward Rafael Leao, 25. (Diario Sport – in Spanish)

Crystal Palace have approached Chelsea about signing Ukraine winger Mykhailo Mudryk, 23, on loan in January. (Football Transfers)

Liverpool are not looking to offload Italy forward Federico Chiesa, 27, despite reports of a return to Serie A. (The Athletic – subscription required)

Bayer Leverkusen managing director of sport Simon Rolfes is on Arsenal’s radar to replace Edu as the club’s sporting director. (Mail – subscription required)

French midfielder Paul Pogba, 31, will officially leave Juventus in the next few days and become a free agent. (Gazzetta dello Sport – in Italian)