{"id":1164584,"date":"2026-02-23T22:41:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:41:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/?p=1164584"},"modified":"2026-02-23T22:41:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T03:41:13","slug":"man-utd-consider-mctominay-return-tuesdays-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/man-utd-consider-mctominay-return-tuesdays-gossip\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd consider McTominay return &#8211; Tuesday&#039;s gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Manchester United are considering bringing Scott McTominay back to Old Trafford, Real Madrid are keeping an eye on Micky van de Ven&#8217;s contract situation, while Brighton hope to complete a deal for Said El Mala.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester United <\/strong>are considering re-signing Scotland midfielder Scott McTominay for 80m euros (\u00a370m) in the summer, with <strong>Napoli<\/strong> willing to cash in on the 29-year-old just two years after he joined the Italian club from Old Trafford. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fichajes.net\/noticias\/napoli-escuchara-ofertas-mctominay-verano-20260223.html\">(Fichajes &#8211; in Spanish)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Real Madrid <\/strong>are closely monitoring the situation of <strong>Tottenham&#8217;s<\/strong> 24-year-old centre-back Micky van de Ven, with the Netherlands international not close to agreeing a new deal with the Premier League club. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tottenham-hotspur\/micky-van-de-ven-spurs-contract-talks-exit-real-madrid-transfer\">(Teamtalk)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Brighton<\/strong> hope to get a deal for <strong>Cologne&#8217;s<\/strong> 19-year-old German winger Said El Mala over the line by also signing his older brother, 20-year-old striker Malek. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/sport\/football\/article\/brighton-said-el-mala-transfer-news-628xvpw75\">(Times &#8211; subscription required)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Manchester United<\/strong> have been impressed by <strong>Nottingham Forest&#8217;s <\/strong>Ivory Coast midfielder Ibrahim Sangare, 28, in their search for a replacement for Brazil international Casemiro, 34. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/man-united-eyeing-move-ibrahim-sangare-elliot-anderson-nottingham-forest\/\">(GiveMeSport)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Casemiro will have the option of moving to the United States when his Manchester United contract expires, with the midfielder open to joining a Major League Soccer club. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2026\/02\/23\/casemiro-eyes-us-move-when-manchester-united-career-ends\/\">(Telegraph &#8211; subscription required)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool<\/strong> could consider a swap deal with <strong>Real Madrid<\/strong> which would bring Brazil winger Rodrygo, 25, to Anfield and allow Hungary midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai, 25, to join the Spanish giants. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fichajes.net\/en\/news\/real-madrid-interested-in-this-bombshell-swap-with-liverpool-20260223.html\">(Fichajes &#8211; in Spanish)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7066506\/2026\/02\/23\/antoine-griezmann-transfer-orlando-city\/\">(Athletic)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chelsea<\/strong> manager Liam Rosenior is reluctant to let 23-year-old English striker Liam Delap leave this summer, amid interest from fellow Premier League club <strong>Everton<\/strong>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/exclusive-liam-roseniors-stance-on-liam-delap-exit-amid-everton-transfer-update\/\">(Football Insider)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Crystal Palace <\/strong>will allow Austrian manager Oliver Glasner to continue to lead the team until the end of the season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/sources-crystal-palaces-make-final-oliver-glasner-decision-after-new-sack-talks\/\">(Football Insider)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Aston Villa<\/strong>, <strong>Crystal Palace <\/strong>and <strong>Wolves<\/strong> are among the clubs interested in signing Scotland left-back Andy Robertson, should the 31-year-old leave <strong>Liverpool<\/strong> this summer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caughtoffside.com\/2026\/02\/23\/sources-liverpool-preparing-exit-robertson\/\">(Caught Offside)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Nottingham Forest<\/strong> could be open to offers for Brazil striker Igor Jesus, 24, at the end of the season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/nottingham-forest-plan-to-accept-igor-jesus-offer-after-major-problem-emerges\/\">(Football Insider)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/articles\/ce8e6y90g2jo?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\">Get the latest on your Premier League team<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football-quizzes?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\">All your football quizzes in one place<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sounds\/series\/p02nrsln?xtor=AL-72-%5Bpartner%5D-%5Byahoo.north.america%5D-%5Blink%5D-%5Bsport%5D-%5Bbizdev%5D-%5Bisapi%5D\">Listen to the latest Football Daily podcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/man-utd-consider-mctominay-return-222708631.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/man-utd-consider-mctominay-return-222708631.html<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are considering bringing Scott McTominay back to Old Trafford, Real Madrid are keeping an eye on Micky van de Ven&#8217;s contract situation, while&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1164585,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1164584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","wpcat-1-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1164584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1164584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1164585"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1164584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1164584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1164584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}