Forest prepare Ferguson bid – Wednesday’s gossip

Nottingham Forest are preparing a January move for Evan Ferguson, Real Madrid will wait to sign Trent Alexander-Arnold on a free transfer, while several Premier League clubs are interested in Nico Williams.

Nottingham Forest are plotting a January bid for Brighton’s 20-year-old Republic of Ireland striker Evan Ferguson. (Football Insider)

Real Madrid only want to sign Liverpool’s England right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold, 26, on a free transfer. (Telegraph – subscription required)

Liverpool are planning to make a combined £91m January move for Bournemouth’s 21-year-old Hungary left-back Milos Kerkez and Real Sociedad’s Spain midfielder Martin Zubimendi, 25. (Teamtalk)

Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham are among the clubs interested in Athletic Bilbao’s 22-year-old Spain winger Nico Williams. (Athletic – subscription required)

Barcelona are monitoring the situation of Newcastle United’s Sweden striker Alexander Isak, 25. (Caught Offside)

Manchester United are interested in signing RB Leipzig’s Germany left-back David Raum, 26, and 19-year-old Juventus and Turkey forward Kenan Yildiz. (Sky Germany – in German)

Manchester United have approached 24-year-old Canada full-back Alphonso Davies to gauge his interest in joining the club when his Bayern Munich contract expires next summer. (Teamtalk)

Leicester City are keen to add to their attacking options with a new forward signing in the January transfer window. (Football Insider)

Barcelona will attempt to rival Real Madrid for Manchester United’s Portugal full-back Diogo Dalot, should the 25-year-old show he is keen on leaving Old Trafford. (Caught Offside)

Former Manchester United manager Erik ten Hag has emerged as a target for RB Leipzig. (Sun, via Sky Germany)

Ivory Coast winger Amad Diallo, 22, could leave Manchester United in January with no new deal yet agreed with the club. (Express)

Manchester United are also assessing their goalkeeping options in case Turkish 26-year-old Altay Bayindir leaves in January. (Mail – subscription required)

Tottenham, Manchester City and Chelsea are interested in AC Milan’s Netherlands midfielder Tijjani Reijnders, 26. (Calciomercato – in Italian)

Former Juventus and AC Milan boss Massimiliano Allegri is among the contenders for the West Ham job should the Hammers sack Julen Lopetegui. (Calciomercato – in Italian)