TRANSFER GOSSIPS: Transfer gossips from European newspapers (January 4, 2022) 

Here are some of the top Transfer Gossips across major European tabloids...

• Barcelona ready to take €500 million loan to sign Erling Haaland (El Nacional)
•  Arsenal boss Mikel Arteta 'draws up four-man shortlist to replace Gunners outcast Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang' with Ollie Watkins, Alexander Isak, Dusan Vlahovic and Dominic-Calvert Lewin 'all on their radar'(Daily Mail )
• Mauro Icardi is edging closer to the exit at PSG after reportedly falling out with summer arrival Lionel Messi (Daily Mail).
• West Ham boss David Moyes rules out moves for Flamengo striker Gabriel Barbosa and Wolves winger Adama Traore ( Daily Mail)
• Antonio Rudiger 'opens pre-contract talks with Real Madrid, Bayern Munich, PSG and Juventus about a summer move' with the Chelsea defender's contract expiring in six months (AS)

• Real Madrid are 'keen to offload out-of-contract stars, Gareth Bale, Isco and Marcelo' in order to 'fund summer transfer plans for priority targets Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland and Antonio Rudiger'
• Alvaro Morata set to 'return to Spain and join Barcelona' on six-month loan with option to buy with transfer now '95% done' after Xavi's insistence (Mail Online)
• .Everton close in on £10m capture of highly-rated Rangers defender Nathan Patterson as boss Rafa Benitez looks to arrest their poor Premier League form with more defensive reinforcements (Mail Online)
• Romelu Lukaku 'wants to reunite with former Inter Milan boss Antonio Conte at Tottenham ( Mail Online)
• Jose Mourinho 'eyes a shock reunion with Tanguy Ndombele' amid star's exile under Antonio Conte at Tottenham ( Mail Online)
• Premier League clubs eyeing swoop for Christian Eriksen this month, with former Tottenham star returning to group training after Inter Milan were forced to release him following cardiac arrest at Euro 2020 (Mail Online)

• Thiago Silva renews contract with Chelsea until 2023

Brazilian defender's previous deal had been due to expire in June 2022 (Marca)

• Chelsea's contract extension talks with Andreas Christensen have stalled again, with Barcelona interested in a January move for the Denmark defender, 25, who is out of contract in the summer. (Gianluca Di Marzio - in Italian via BBC)
• Roma have submitted an offer to take England midfielder Ainsley Maitland-Niles, 24, on loan from Arsenal until the end of the season, with an option to buy in the summer. (Athletic - subscription required)
• AC Milan are in talks to sign Portugal midfielder Renato Sanches, 24, from Lille. (Calciomercato - in Italian)
• Uruguay striker Luis Suarez, 34, wants to leave Atletico Madrid when his contract expires in the summer and hopes to be reunited with Paris St-Germain's Argentina forward Lionel Messi, 34, at MLS side Inter Miami. (El Nacional - in Catalan)
• Barcelona president Joan Laporta said the club "are back as big players" when talking about the possibility of signing Norway striker Erling Braut Haaland, 21, from Borussia Dortmund. (Mirror via BBC))
• Barcelona have no meetings planned with France winger Ousmane Dembele despite the 24-year-old, who is out of contract in the summer, having yet to decide if he will accept the club's renewal offer. (AS - in Spanish)