Brighton eye Real Madrid’s Garcia – Wednesday’s gossip

Real Madrid striker Gonzalo Garcia is wanted by Brighton, Manchester United is competing with Kevin Filling, Liverpool is chasing Antoine Semenyo, and AC Milan is interested in West Ham’s Niclas Fullkrug.

Gonzalo Garcia, 21, is wanted on loan at Brighton from Real Madrid until January, with Leeds and Sunderland also possible candidates. (Mail)

Borussia Dortmund and Manchester United are competing to sign 16-year-old Swedish international Kevin Filling from AIK Stockholm. (Florian Plettenberg)

Tottenham cannot be discounted while Liverpool are in the hunt for Bournemouth and Ghana international Antoine Semenyo, 25. (Teamtalk)

Ruben Amorim, the manager of Manchester United, is admired by Semenyo, but it would be difficult for the club to fulfill his £65m release clause with Bournemouth in January. (Athletic – A subscription required)

Germany international Niclas Fullkrug, 32, has been given a January transfer deadline by AC Milan. (In Italian, Corriere dello Sport)

West Ham, Everton, and Roma are interested in signing 24-year-old Netherlands international Joshua Zirkzee from Manchester United. (I-subscription is necessary)

Marc Guehi, 25, is still expected to sign for Liverpool, but Barcelona are closely monitoring the 25-year-old defender. (Spanish: Cadena SER)

Nicolas Jackson, 24, will not make a return to his former employer class=”ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3″>Chelsea in January while he is on loan at class=”ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3″>Bayern Munich for the rest of the season. Football Insider

Marco Silva, the Portuguese manager, has a three-year contract extension under his current contract at Craven Cottage, which will expire at the end of the season. (Sky Sports)

After impressing with Portuguese second division side Maritimo this year, former Liverpool development coach Vitor Matos is the front-runner to become Swansea manager. (Talksport)

Kobbie Mainoo, a 20-year-old England midfielder looking to move to Napoli on a loan in January in search of more playing time, has put off talks with Manchester United and Kobbie Mainoo over a new contract. (Calciomercato – Italian)