Arsenal eye Elche’s Mendoza – Wednesday’s gossip

Arsenal are monitoring Elche midfielder Rodrigo Mendoza, Manchester City’s bid to sign Bournemouth striker Antoine Semenyo, Sunderland and Brentford’s interest in AC Milan striker Santiago Gimenez.

Rodrigo Mendoza, 20, a 20-year-old spaniard midfielder with a £17.5 million release clause, is being tracked by Arsenal. (Telegraph requires a subscription)

Harry Maguire, 32, an experienced England defender, wants to sign a new centre-back next summer, but Manchester United wants to sign him for a new deal at Old Trafford. (Teamtalk)

Joshua Zirkzee, 24, is on a loan at Manchester United, but Roma are interested in taking him. (Il Messaggero, Italian)

The release clause for Ghana and Bournemouth forward Antoine Semenyo will decrease slightly from £65 million in January to a smaller amount next summer, but it won’t fall below £50 million. (Telegraph requires a subscription)

Pep Guardiola will consider bringing in Semenyo from Bournemouth to compete with Erling Haaland, 25, because he worries about the overreliance on the 25-year-old striker from Norway. (Talksport)

Brighton’s 20-year-old English international midfielder Jack Hinshelwood is one of a number of potential January transfer targets, according to Nottingham Forest. (Mail)

West Ham want to reinvest any proceeds from the 32-year-old’s sale in one or two new forwards in order to force Germany striker Niclas Fullkrug to leave permanently in January. (Florian Plettenberg)

West Ham could sign 6-foot-5-inch (1.96m) Union Saint-Gilloise striker Promise David for just £17 million. The team has a number of options. (GiveMeSport)

Santiago Gimenez, 24, a striker from Mexico, is wanted by Sunderland and Brentford. (Calciomercato – Italian)

Due to the fact that the buyback clause in Argentina’s 21-year-old midfielder’s Como contract expires in January, Real Madrid intends to exercise it next summer. (Romano-Fabrizio)

In response to interest from Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa, and Manchester United in the 24-year-old’s out-of-contract player James Garner, Everton boss David Moyes wants to keep hold of the English international. (Talksport)