Friday’s gossip: Trossard, Ronaldo, Arteta, Rabiot, Moukoko, Santos

Chelsea are able to open talks with Belgium ahead Leandro Trossard, 27, whose contract at Brighton expires subsequent summer time. (Soccer Insider)

Actual Madrid say it “wouldn’t make sense in our sports activities undertaking” to carry Ronaldo again to the membership for a second spell. (AS – in Spanish)

Brazilian facet Flamengo are taking a look at whether or not they would be capable to signal Ronaldo. (Veja – in Portuguese)

Manchester Metropolis midfielder Bernardo Silva believes Portugal team-mate Ronaldo has proved that he can nonetheless play on the high degree after making World Cup historical past. (Mirror)

Ronaldo and Argentina’s Paris St-Germain ahead Lionel Messi, 35, may work collectively on the forefront of Saudi Arabia’s 2030 World Cup bid, with the present match in Qatar anticipated to be their final. (Mirror)

Amancio Ortega, the proprietor of the Inditex empire that owns the style chain Zara, is thinking about shopping for Manchester United. (Manchester Night Information)

Know-how giants Apple are additionally thinking about shopping for United for £5.8bn. (Star)

Former Manchester United govt vice-chairman Ed Woodward has been approached by teams searching for to purchase the membership, asking him to behave as a advisor. (Mail)

Inter Milan will prolong the mortgage spell of Chelsea’s Belgium striker Romelu Lukaku, 29, by one other yr. (Sky Sport – in Italian)

Chelsea are thinking about signing Porto keeper Diogo Costa, who has a launch clause of 75m euros, whereas Manchester United are additionally monitoring the 23-year-old Portugal worldwide. (Relevo – in Spanish)

Arsenal are involved about protecting maintain of their Spanish supervisor Mikel Arteta, 40, as a result of Barcelona have set their sights on making their former youth participant their future coach. (Sport – in Spanish)

France midfielder Adrien Rabiot, 27, says the World Cup may also help him earn a brand new contract at Juventus, the place his present deal expires in the summertime, or a transfer elsewhere. (La Repubblica – in Italian)

A rising variety of golf equipment imagine Germany striker Youssoufa Moukoko, 18, is able to go away Borussia Dortmund when his contract expires on the finish of the season. (90 min)

Aston Villa are protecting tabs on Sevilla’s Morocco worldwide goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, 31. (Soccer Insider)

Actual Madrid’s Brazil ahead Rodrygo, 21, could must pay a termination clause of 7m euros (£6m) after splitting from his agent Nick Arcuri. (Sport – in Spanish)

Barcelona are shifting their focus from new signings to contract negotiations with the membership’s most proficient younger gamers on the flip of the yr. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)

Newcastle United will rival Barcelona for the signature of Vasco da Gama’s 18-year-old Brazilian midfielder Andrey Santos. (Sport – in Spanish)

Championship facet QPR expect supervisor Michael Beale to go away the membership to take over as the brand new boss of Scottish membership Rangers. (Talksport)

Paris St-Germain are contemplating leaving the Parc des Princes and probably transferring to the Stade de France. (Bloomberg)

Easy methods to comply with the Fifa World Cup on the BBC

The World Cup in Qatar has began – and BBC Sport has you lined with all of the fixture and TV data.

You possibly can comply with reside textual content commentary of each sport on the BBC Sport web site, plus reviews, information and evaluation all through the match.

There will probably be protection of all 64 matches on BBC Radio 5 Reside and BBC Sounds, with a World Cup Every day podcast.

Friday, 25 November (all occasions GMT)

Group B: Wales v Iran (10:00) – BBC & S4C

Group A: Qatar v Senegal (13:00) – BBC

Group A: Netherlands v Ecuador (16:00) – ITV

Group B: England v USA (19:00) – ITV