Real Madrid join Wharton race - Monday's gossip

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Adam Wharton emerges as a target for Real Madrid, Crystal Palace are assessing several options, AC Milan are keeping tabs on Nathan Ake.

Real Madrid look set to rival Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City and Manchester United for Crystal Palace's 21-year-old England midfielder Adam Wharton. (AS - in Spanish)

Crystal Palace have several targets lined up for January with Bayern Munich's French right-back Sacha Boey, 25, Wolves' Brazil midfielder Joao Gomes, 24, and Auxerre's French midfielder Kevin Danois, 21, all on their list. (Mail+ - subscription required)

AC Milan are monitoring the situation of Netherlands defender Nathan Ake, 30, at Manchester City as they ponder several options. (Corriere dello Sport - in Italian)

Chelsea are putting together a package worth £130m in an attempt to convince Real Madrid into selling 25-year-old Brazil winger Vinicius Jr. (Fichajes - in Spanish)

Argentina striker Taty Castellanos, 27, is set for a medical at West Ham before completing a £27m move from Lazio. (Talksport)

Tottenham sent scouts to watch French winger Maghnes Akliouche, 23, feature for Monaco against Lyon on Saturday. (Teamtalk)

Eintracht Frankfurt are in negotiations with Newcastle about signing 22-year-old Danish striker William Osula. (Florian Plettenberg)

Egypt winger Omar Marmoush, 26, is attracting interest from Aston Villaand Tottenham but wants to stay and fight for his place at Manchester City. (Football Insider)

Bournemouth are battling with Fiorentina, Cagliari and Genoa for Atalanta's 25-year-old Italy midfielder Marco Brescianini. (Calciomercato)

Tottenham have turned their attention to Udinese's French defender Oumar Solet, 25, but face competition from Chelsea and Crystal Palace. (Caught Offside)

Sunderland are prepared to let Luke O'Nien, 31, depart this month with Birmingham, Coventry and West Bromwich Albion interested in the English defender. (Chronicle)

Bournemouth's Argentine left-back Julio Soler, 20, has emerged as a loan target for Watford. (Fabrizio Romano)

Barcelona are considering a £70m offer from Sunderland for 22-year-old Spain winger Fermin Lopez. (Fichajes - in Spanish)

England winger Raheem Sterling, 31, looks set to secure a way out of Chelsea in January with Newcastle the latest Premier League club to express an interest. (Football Insider)

Cashin to swap Blues for Blackburn - Monday's EFL gossip

Blackburn Rovers are interested in a loan deal for Brighton's former Republic of Ireland Under-21 defender Eiran Cashin, with the 24-year-old only making 11 Championship appearances during his current loan spell with Birmingham City this season. (Alan Nixon - subscription required)

Wrexham are in a race to sign Hammarby defender Hampus Skoglund, 21, worth a potential £2.6m, but face competition from German club Mainz for the Swede. (Football Insider)

The Red Dragons are also lining up a potential club record-breaking bid of £14m for an unnamed European striker. (Alan Nixon - subscription required)

Bayern Munich's Israeli goalkeeper Daniel Peretz, 25, is another whose current loan deal might be cut short after refusing to train for Hamburger SV in order to force a move to Southampton.(BILD - in German, subscription required)

Preston North End and Leyton Orient are among those interested in a loan deal for Aston Villa left-back Finley Munroe, 20, as the Englishman continues to impress during his loan spell with League Two side Swindon Town.(Football Insider)

Australian coach Jon Brady, 50, has entered advanced talks to become Port Vale's new manager after the side sacked Darren Moore in December after sinking to the bottom of the League One table. (Football Insider)

Wycombe Wanderers are interested in bringing back Ipswich Town midfielder Cameron Humphreys, 22, after a successful loan spell with the Chairboys last season.

Wycombe are also eyeing a return for Aaron Morley, 25, who joined Bolton Wanderers from the side last January. (Bucks Free Press)

Luton striker Lasse Nordas, 23, is looking to join Dutch side Heerenveen after the Norwegian has fallen out of favour with the Hatters under new boss Jack Wilshere. (TV2 - in Norwegian)

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