Fabrizio Romano

🚨 Harry Kane on Ballon d’Or: “Of course I'm thinking about it! And, why not say, I believe in it”. “I feel like my performances make me a credible candidate. I'm playing in teams, whether Bayern or England, that are natural contenders for big titles”, tells L’Équipé.

🚨 BREAKING: Kyle Walker has asked to leave Manchester City. “Two days ago, Kyle asked to explore the options to play abroad and end his career”, says Pep Guardiola.

🔴🤚🏻 Federico Chiesa with clear “YNWA” message on his social media accounts amid reports of January exit. His priority remains to continue at Liverpool, as confirmed by his agent.

…𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝟖! 🎱✨

🔴⚫️ Ibrahimovic on negotiations for Marcus Rashford: “I know Marcus well, we used to play together”. “AC Milan is one of the biggest clubs in the world, all players want to be here”. “It’s not an easy deal with Man United… we will see whether we decide to open talks or not”.

🔵✨ Maresca: “We are happy for Tosin, two goals… he can score, he’s defending well. We are happy with our CBs”. Brace and Man of the Match Award for Tosin Adarabioyo tonight. 🏅

🔵🌟 First goal as Manchester City player for Divin Mubama… on his debut. Man City signed him just for £1.2m compensation fee in August.

🚨🚫 Kyle Walker, not even on the bench for Man City against Salford today — it’s technical decision, no injury. Pep Guardiola said “I don’t know” when asked about Saudi Arabia move for Kyle.

⚪️⚫️ Juventus director Giuntoli: “Ronald Araújo and Randal Kolo Muani are two very good players”. “We hope to have good news next week in terms of new signings”.

🚨🇵🇹 EXCL: Juventus have entered the race with Sporting to sign Alberto Costa from Vitória. Sporting leading the race with €12m bid, fav option for the player despite bid from Brighton this week. 🟢🦁 Juventus are ready to compete with new formal bid to follow 👀

⚪️⚫️ Oumar Solet, Man of the Match for Udinese against Atalanta on his debut in Serie A… after he joined the club as free agent (!) in October. RB Salzburg terminated his contract and Udinese signed him on free deal.

🚨🚫 Same as Como, no negotiations or talks ongoing between AS Monaco and Marcus Rashford despite links. Barcelona, AC Milan, Juventus and Borussia Dortmund all had meetings with Rashford’s camp this week. More to follow next week.

👀🇪🇬 Omar Marmoush scores for Eintracht making it 19 goals, 12 assists in 25 games this season so far… …top professional as always while he’s one step away from joining Man City next week, negotiations are advanced and close to final stages. 🔵⏳

🔵📸 Exclusive pic of Philip Billing here in Napoli headquarters to sign his contract at the club. Loan move with €9/10m buy option clause from Bournemouth, completed.

Chelsea onto the next round 5️⃣🔵

🔴✨ Arne Slot on Rio Ngumoha: “You can see why he’s a talent! Rio has been with us half a season, every time in training we see his qualities”. “He can dominate 1v1 situations and I am always happy if a player making his debut shows what we see at training”.

🔵✍🏻 Philip Billing has just signed his contract as Napoli player from Bournemouth.

🔴⚪️✍🏻 Mika Biereth has completed his medical at AS Monaco today and he will sign his contract this afternoon. Good business for Monaco… and also for Sturm Graz as they sold Biereth for over his summer release clause worth €12m. Sturm Graz will also have a sell-on clause.

​​🚨 Ronald Araujo has made it clear he wants to LEAVE Barcelona NOW. 😳❌ (Source: Mundo Deportivo)

​​🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: AC Milan are looking to finalise a deal to sign Kyle Walker in the next few days. Talks are underway over a contract until 2027. (Source: Daily Telegraph)