Wednesday’s gossip: Maddison, Rice, Gundogan, Alvarez, Kane, Kudus, Ronaldo, Slot

Arsenal are prepared to sell as many as eight first-team players this summer, with Leicester City’s England midfielder James Maddison, 26, and West Ham’s England midfielder Declan Rice, 24, among their targets. (Mirror)

Real Madrid have added Liverpool’s Scotland captain Andy Robertson, 29, to a list of possible replacements for France left-back Ferland Mendy, 27. (Mail)

Liverpool and Brazil forward Roberto Firmino, 31, is willing to move to Barcelona but the Spanish giants are thought to be prioritising a move for Chelsea and France forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, 33. (Sport – in Spanish)

Bayern Munich have identified Manchester City’s Argentina forward Julian Alvarez, 23, as a possible summer transfer target. (Bild – in German)

Manchester United are considering signing two new centre-forwards – but there is not huge confidence at the club that a deal with Tottenham will be possible for England captain Harry Kane, 29. (90min)

Manchester United have highlighted Republic of Ireland and Brighton forward Evan Ferguson, 18, as a target for the 2024 summer transfer window. (Sky Sports)

Wolves and Portugal midfielder Ruben Neves, 26, has turned down a deal from Arsenal as he is waiting for Barcelona to make a bid for him. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)

Ajax’s Ghana forward Mohammed Kudus, who has been linked with Arsenal, Manchester United and Newcastle United, has rejected a contract extension at the club and his agent believes “now is the right time” for the 22-year-old to leave. (De Telegraaf – in Dutch)

Everton plan to sell 21-year-old Belgium midfielder Amadou Onana for £60m to fund their summer transfer plans. (Football Insider)

France centre-back Jules Kounde has told Barcelona he wants to leave the club his summer, but the La Liga side would only consider offers in the region of 80m euros (£69.4m) for the 24-year-old. (Sport – in Spanish)

Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo already wants to leave Saudi Arabian club Al Nassr and could look for a return to Europe. (Mundo Deportivo – in Spanish)

Juventus have reiterated that 23-year-old Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic is not for sale following a points deduction which is likely to see the club miss out on Champions League football. (90min)

Turkish club Fenerbahce are leading the race to sign Belgium striker Divock Origi from AC Milan, who are willing to sell the 28-year-old just one year after his move from Liverpool. (Calciomercato – in Italian)

Tottenham are considering making an approach to Feyenoord for manager Arne Slot. (Guardian)

Slot will become the new Spurs manager if his agent can negotiate an exit from his Feyenoord contract on Wednesday. (Mail)

Tottenham have given Slot assurances he would be in control of transfers. (Football Insider)

Newcastle United will hold a transfer summit this week to finalise the club’s targets, but wage restrictions are likely to hinder their ability to sign numerous elite players. (Telegraph – subscription required)

Bidders for Manchester United are hopeful of an announcement over a preferred bidder as early as Friday. (Independent)