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Football gossip: Alisson, Emery, Fernandes, Ugarte, Schuster, Akanji, Barcola, Ordonez

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Juventus target Liverpool‘s Alisson, Real Madrid eye Aston Villa manager Unai Emery, and Manchester United set for midfield overhaul.

Italian side Juventus have made Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson their top target for the summer. The 33-year-old Brazil international is entering the final year of his contract at Anfield. (Sky Sports), external

Real Madrid have Aston Villa boss Unai Emery on the shortlist to be their new manager, but he is under contract with the Premier League side until summer 2029. (Talksport), external

Manchester United are interested in 21-year-old Portugal midfielder Mateus Fernandes, who is expected to leave West Ham if they are relegated from the Premier League. (Telegraph – subscription required), external

Manchester United are also keen to sell Uruguay midfielder Manuel Ugarte, with the 25-year-old making just one league start since Michael Carrick was appointed as interim manager in January. (Sun), external

Manchester United are ready to spend in the region of £150m to sign three central midfielders this summer. (Mail), external

Brentford are pursuing Red Bull Salzburg’s 19-year-old Austrian defender Jannik Schuster, with talks ongoing over a deal worth about £16m. (Mail), external

Inter Milan have automatically triggered a 15m euro (£13m) clause to sign Manchester City‘s Manuel Akanji after winning Serie A. The 30-year-old Switzerland defender joined the Italian side on loan last summer. (Fabrizio Romano), external

Liverpool and Arsenal are among a number of Premier League teams monitoring Paris St-Germain and France forward Bradley Barcola, 23. (Teamtalk), external

Chelsea are interested in Club Brugge’s 22-year-old Ecuador defender Joel Ordonez, who was previously linked with a £43m move to Liverpool in January. (Teamtalk), external

Inter Milan have warned Barcelona against making a move for Italy defender Alessandro Bastoni, 27, after wrapping up the Serie A title. (ESPN), external

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Don’t expect a Tigers spending spree: Takeaways from Scott Harris’ end-of-season news conference

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Harris spoke on missed chances, free-agent philosophy and improving depth entering 2027.

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Rising star Henrich daring to dream of LA Olympics

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Welsh 400m athlete Charlotte Henrich has her sights set on Los Angeles having found her confidence with a breakthrough summer in 2026.

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Somerset rue dropped points as County Championship title slips away again

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A few weeks ago Somerset fans might have been daring to dream that 2026 would finally be the year their team would turn from nearly men into County Championship winners.

With two games to go, Somerset were top of the table by four points. Destiny was in their hands as they sought to win their first-ever Championship trophy.

But a second defeat of the season at the hands of Yorkshire, this time at Headingley, in their penultimate game was like a sledgehammer to the heart of fans and meant Somerset handed over control to eventual winners Warwickshire to clinch glory in the final match on Saturday.

Somerset stay as cricket’s perennial runners-up for another 12 months, with this their sixth second-place finish in the Championship since 2010 as they remain one of just three counties to never lift the trophy.

While the Yorkshire defeat on 18 September sealed their fate, senior figures in the club pointed instead to a lack of ruthlessness earlier in the campaign when citing the moments where the trophy slipped through their fingers.

“Two weeks ago we were in a great place to win the thing that we’ve been trying hard to do for a very long time,” captain Lewis Gregory told BBC Radio Somerset.

“But it’s probably a couple of games in the middle of the year that are the defining moments.

“There were two games we were in a really good spot – probably didn’t show the ruthlessness that we needed, to put us in a position where we were the only team that could win.”

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