🚨 Arsenal prepare striker BID, new improved offer for Mbeumo, Liverpool star REJECTS new contract offer, & more

Club World Cup news clips and some bombshell transfer news!

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Today’s top stories:

• Arsenal are prepared to bid for Viktor Gyokeres

• Man United improve their offer for Bryan Mbeumo

• Plus more from Liverpool, Chelsea & Real Madrid

Al Hilal

• Al Hilal and AC Milan are in the process of completing the Theo Hernandez deal. The player has already given his green light, and it’s now about the final club-to-club steps. (Fabrizio Romano)

Arsenal

• Viktor Gyokeres to Arsenal looks like one to watch as an official bid could finally come in in the next few days, with the Sporting Lisbon striker making it clear he’s desperate to move to the Emirates Stadium (Mark Brus, CaughtOffside)

• Arsenal have expressed an interest in signing Paris Saint-Germain’s talented young French winger Bradley Barcola, though previous reports suggested he was absolutely not for sale. (L’Equipe)

• Real Madrid have set an asking price of £77m for Rodrygo Goes this summer, with Arsenal monitoring his situation and Xabi Alonso seemingly not having the Brazilian in his plans. (Cadena SER)

Atletico Madrid

• A good finish by Antoine Griezmann late on here, but it wasn’t enough and Atletico Madrid are now out of the Club World Cup. FT Atletico Madrid 1-0 Botafogo [Pictures from DAZN]