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Feb 26, 2026, 05:36 AM ET
Real Madrid have their eye on Arsenal's Gabriel Magalhães, and Chelsea remain keen on Aston Villa's Morgan Rogers.
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TRENDING RUMORS
- Real Madrid have made an enquiry about Arsenal center back Gabriel Magalhães, according to TeamTalk. The Premier League leaders quickly informedMadrid that the 28-year-old is not available at any price. Gabriel signed a long-term contract extension last summer. Having also secured deals to extend the stays of Bukayo Saka and William Saliba, Arsenal are reportedly determined to show that even a club as big as Madrid can't take their top players.
- Chelsea remain confident that they can sign Aston Villa midfielder Morgan Rogers despite the Villans stating that only an extraordinary offer would tempt them into even considering letting him go, reports TeamTalk. That figure will likely have to be over the £100 million Villa received from Manchester City for Jack Grealish in 2021. Chelsea have held a long-term interest in the 23-year-old, with their co-director of recruitment, Joe Shields, the person who originally took Rogers to City while leading the Citizens' youth signings.
- Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur are likely to face competition from Inter Milan to sign Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka in the summer, reports CF Bayern Insider. Bayer Leverkusen are also keen on the 31-year-old, who will be a free agent with his contract in Bavaria expiring at the end of this season. Arsenal had tried to sign Goretzka in January, but the Germany international had already given Bayern his word that he would stay until the end of the campaign.
- Manchester United are closely monitoring the situation of Villarreal midfielder Pape Gueye, as reported by Footmercato. The 27-year-old's reputation has grown since he scored the winner against Morocco in the Africa Cup of Nations final, and he is also a key player for Villarreal. The World Cup offers Gueye another opportunity to impress on a big stage, yet he has already attracted plenty of interest, particularly from United who are looking to replace Casemiro following the announcement that the Brazilian will be leaving Old Trafford.
- Arsenal, Liverpool, Manchester City, Newcastle United, Brighton & Hove Albion and Brentford have all made checks on Eintracht Frankfurt right-back Nnamdi Collins, according to TeamTalk. Arsenal, in particular, are impressed by the 22-year-old and see similarities to Ben White, although Frankfurt have a strong negotiating position as Collins' contract runs until 2030. Fellow Frankfurt full-back Nathaniel Brown has also been heavily scouted with Manchester United having looked at the 22-year-old.
EXPERT TAKE
ESPN's Real Madrid correspondent Alex Kirkland weighs in on whether Gabriel Magalhães to the LaLiga giants makes sense:
ESPN has reported that a centre-back is a priority signing for Madrid this summer. Éder Militão has had an injury prone few years, missing most of the last three seasons; Dean Huijsen is promising, but still unproven at the highest level, and hasn't had the smoothest debut campaign; Antonio Rüdiger is 32 and could leave at the end of the season, while David Alaba, 33, is certain to depart. Raúl Asencio is a useful deputy, but doesn't seem likely to ever cement a place as a regular starter.
All that means that a new central defender is a must. The big problem with Gabriel -- an outstanding defender, whose form for Arsenal has not gone unnoticed in Spain -- is that he is 28 years old, and has a contract at the Emirates until 2029, after agreeing a new deal last year. What kind of sum would Madrid have to pay Arsenal to convince them to part with a key player, and is that really a likely scenario, given his age profile?
In recent years, Madrid's transfer policy when it comes to experienced players, especially defenders, has been the complete opposite: signing them on a free transfer when their contract expires, like Rüdiger and Alaba, or for a minimal fee, like Trent Alexander-Arnold. Spending big on Gabriel would run counter to that, and it feels highly unlikely that Florentino Pérez -- whose biggest spends in recent years have been on Jude Bellingham and Kylian Mbappé, and more recently, youngsters Huijsen, Álvaro Carreras, Franco Mastantuono and Endrick -- would sanction that kind of deal.
Instead, Madrid have been looking at yet more defenders who are coming towards the end of their contracts, like Liverpool's Ibrahima Konaté, or even Gabriel's teammate William Saliba before he signed a new deal at Arsenal, while they've also been tracking Borussia Dortmund's Nico Schlotterbeck, whose contract is up in 2027.
That kind of signing feels much, much more likely than Gabriel.
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