Saudi to offload Ronaldo for £43m – Saturday’s gossip

Saudi Pro League is ready to offload Cristiano Ronaldo for £43m, Chelsea set to rival Tottenham for Dusan Vlahovic and Sergio Ramos offers his services to Marseille.

The Saudi Pro League is ready to offload Portugal forward Cristiano Ronaldo for £43m, but Manchester United are not interested in bringing the 41-year-old to the club for a third time as it stands. (The i paper – subscription required)

Chelsea are set to rival Tottenham for Serbia striker Dusan Vlahovic, 26, who is out of contract at Juventus at the end of the season. (Football Insider)

Free agent Sergio Ramos, 39, has offered his services to Marseille after boyhood club Sevilla rejected the chance to sign the former Spain defender. (Radio Marca – in Spanish)

Fulham have returned to the negotiating table with PSV and are hopeful of completing a deal for 23-year-old USA striker Ricardo Pepi in the summer. (Teamtalk)

Chelsea are willing to let Benoit Badiashile, 24, depart in the summer with AC Milan, Juventus and Marseille keeping tabs on the France defender. (Caughtoffside)

Manchester City are lining up Nottingham Forest and England midfielder Elliot Anderson, 23, Brentford‘s Italy Under-21 right-back Michael Kayode, 21, and Feyenoord and Netherlands Under-21 right-back Givairo Read, 19, amid confidence that manager Pep Guardiola will stay at the club for another year. (The i paper – subscription required)

Arsenal will compete with AC Milan for 31-year-old Leon Goretzka after Bayern Munich confirmed the Germany midfielder will leave in the summer on a free transfer. (Calciomercato – in Italian)

The agent of Newcastle and Italy midfielder Sandro Tonali, who is a summer transfer target for Arsenal, says a decision about the 25-year-old’s future will be made at the end of the season. (Tuttosport – in Italian)

Newcastle are keeping tabs on Liverpool‘s Curtis Jones, 25, as a potential replacement for Tonali, but Tottenham and Aston Villa are also tracking the England midfielder. (Teamtalk)

Napoli remain interested in free agent Raheem Sterling, 31, but will only sign the England winger if he substantially reduces his 19m euros (£16.4m) salary. (Calciomercato – in Italian)

Liverpool and Manchester United are the latest Premier League clubs to register an interest in RB Leipzig’s 19-year-old Ivory Coast winger Yan Diomande. (Football Insider)