Bellingham agrees new Real deal - Saturday's gossip

What the report says

BBC Sport Football reports that Jude Bellingham has reached an agreement to extend his Real Madrid contract until 2031, which would keep the England midfielder at the Bernabeu for the long term. The item appears in BBC’s regular transfer gossip roundup and cites Spanish outlet AS for the deal claim. It does not say whether the agreement has been formally announced by the club.

The same roundup says Arsenal and Liverpool have been told it would cost more than £60m to sign Brentford winger Kevin Schade, while a number of Premier League clubs are also linked with Barcelona defender Jules Kounde. BBC’s write-up names Chelsea, Manchester United, Arsenal, Liverpool and Bayern Munich among the teams said to be watching the France international’s situation in Spain.

Other items in the digest include Leeds monitoring Marseille forward Igor Paixao as the French club may need to sell for financial reasons, and Leeds manager Daniel Farke reportedly close to a new contract that would run to 2029. The roundup also mentions Bayern’s talks with Harry Kane over a new deal, and reports that AC Milan defender Fikayo Tomori could leave when his contract ends. As a transfer gossip column, the piece reflects reported interest and contract discussions rather than confirmed moves.