{"id":774581,"date":"2026-07-02T15:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/774581\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T15:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:56:09","slug":"man-city-sign-elliot-anderson-from-forest-in-record-british-transfer-football-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/774581\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City sign Elliot Anderson from Forest in record British transfer | Football News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Anderson will become the most expensive British player in history when the transfer is finalised with Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n

Published On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026<\/p>\n

England midfielder \u200cElliot Anderson joined Manchester City from fellow Premier League side \u2060Nottingham Forest on \u2060Thursday in a deal reported to be the most expensive transfer for a British player.<\/p>\n

The clubs did not disclose \u2060financial details, but British media said the total deal was worth up to \u00a3116 million pounds ($155m), surpassing the package of up to \u00a3115 \u2060million that Real Madrid agreed to pay Borussia Dortmund for Jude Bellingham in 2023.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAnderson, 23, is currently competing at the FIFA World Cup with England and has completed a medical in Kansas. The formalities of the \u200cmove will be finalised upon his return to England,\u201d City said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The move also makes Anderson Manchester City\u2019s most expensive transfer, eclipsing the \u00a3100 million pounds they spent to buy winger Jack Grealish from Aston Villa in 2021.<\/p>\n

Anderson, a product of Newcastle United\u2019s academy, joined Forest for \u00a335 million in 2024 and made 92 appearances \u2060for them in all competitions, scoring six goals \u2060and providing 11 assists.<\/p>\n

The midfielder has earned a reputation as a high-energy, tactically sound player, combining defensive solidity with the ability to contribute further up the pitch.<\/p>\n

He is \u2060particularly known for his relentless work-rate, with strong pressing and ball recovery abilities as well as having \u2060a high rate of progressive passing and \u2060carrying the ball forward.<\/p>\n

He joins a Man City midfield already packed with quality in the shape of Rodri, Nico Gonzalez, Mateo Kovacic, Tijjani Reijnders, Rayan Cherki, Matheus Nunes and \u200cfellow Englishman Phil Foden.<\/p>\n

Man City, who finished runners-up to Arsenal in the Premier League, will begin a new era under former Chelsea coach \u200cEnzo \u200cMaresca following Pep Guardiola\u2019s departure after a hugely successful decade in charge.<\/p>\n

\"AndersonAnderson, right, recorded four goals and four assists across 38 league appearances for Nottingham Forest in the 2025-26 Premier League season [Jason Cairnduff\/Action Images via Reuters]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anderson will become the most expensive British player in history when the transfer is finalised with Nottingham Forest.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":774582,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,2057,596,44,588,85,3586],"class_list":["post-774581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-europe","tag-football","tag-news","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-united-kingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774581","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774581"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/774581\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/774582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774581"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=774581"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=774581"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}