Gossip: Gerrard after £30m Liverpool star; Arsenal’s £337m wish

Gerrard will go back in for a Liverpool outcast in the summer, while a Premier League quintet are given David hope.

GO FOR JOE

Steven Gerrard tried to sign Joe Gomez on loan for Aston Villa in January and will go again for the Liverpool star as he is a ‘huge admirer’.

Gomez made his first Premier League start of the season against Norwich on Saturday having slipped down the pecking order following the arrival of Ibrahima Konate.

And Football Insider claim Gerrard is plotting another swoop for Gomez in the summer and has made the 24-year-old his ‘number one priority’.

The defender’s contract is up in the summer of 2024 and the report suggests Liverpool may accept an offer of around £30m for the England international.

ARSENAL SERGE

Barcelona full-back Sergino Dest was the subject of interest from Roma, Monaco, Chelsea and former club Ajax in January, but he remains at the Nou Camp, for now.

The USA international has endured a stop-start season with he Catalans and Gazzetta dello Sport claim the club are willing to accept £16m for a player they bought for £19m in the summer of 2020.

Barcelona are still desperately trying to balance their books to avoid financial meltdown and Dest is seen as an expendable asset, despite the 21-year-old reportedly having an eye-watering release clause of €400m (£337m)

And Marca claim it’s Arsenal, along with Roma, who are now in the running for Dest.

It would be a slightly odd move from Mikel Arteta though. With summer signing Takehiro Tomiyasu settling well in the Premier League, Dest would be no means be the standout first choice at right-back.

And although Dest has had a slow start at Barcelona, manager Xavi was mightily impressed by Dest in their latest win over Valencia, which saw