{"id":489764,"date":"2026-06-08T23:54:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/489764\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T23:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:54:16","slug":"man-utd-ineos-accelerating-185m-double-coup-after-fabrizio-romano-confirms-decision-is-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/489764\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd: INEOS accelerating \u00a3185m DOUBLE COUP after Fabrizio Romano confirms decision is made"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are prepared to break their transfer record by paying \u00a3100m for Sandro Tonali, and Fabrizio Romano has confirmed another blockbuster coup worth \u00a385m is ON.<\/p>\n<p>Ederson is the first midfielder in Man Utd\u2019s overhaul in central areas, but he won\u2019t be the last. With Casemiro heading to Inter Miami via free agency and Manuel Ugarte up for sale, it\u2019s now anticipated two more will follow Ederson into Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Next up is shaping up to be West Ham\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/mateus-fernandes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mateus Fernandes<\/a>, who was bought by the Hammers from Southampton for \u00a340m just one year ago.<\/p>\n<p>And despite West Ham\u2019s season ending in relegation, Fernandes\u2019 stock has soared, with Fabrizio Romano now revealing the Hammers value the Portuguese at an eye-watering \u00a385m.<\/p>\n<p>TEAMtalk confirmed earlier on Monday that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/mateus-fernandes-transfer-news-man-utd-ineos-battle-psg-west-ham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd has made fresh contacts with Fernandes\u2019 camp<\/a>. We also verified interest from back-to-back Champions League winners, PSG, meaning Man Utd don\u2019t have a deal all to themselves.<\/p>\n<p>And on Monday night, transfer guru Romano provided his take on the situation when reporting on his <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rixEFfyflIU\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube channel<\/a>. Talks, per the reporter, are very much ON.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can guarantee two things,\u201d declared Romano. \u201cMan Utd are in direct conversations with the agents of Mateus Fernandes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan Utd made contact over the last 48 hours with the agents of the player, and Man Utd started conversations about eventual cost of the deal, transfer fee and also salary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Romano then went on to state the price <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/west-ham-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Ham<\/a> have \u201cdecided\u201d on before greenlighting Fernandes\u2019 sale is \u00a385m.<\/p>\n<p>The trusted reporter concluded by declaring Fernandes \u201cwill leave, for sure\u201d. The only question is where he goes, and Man Utd are positioning themselves to win the race.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want more breaking news and transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=teamtalk.com\" target=\"_blank\">as a preferred source on Google <\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd to sign Ederson, Mateus Fernandes AND Sandro Tonali?<\/p>\n<p>Tonali is understood to be the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/man-utd-expected-complete-e150m-double-midfield-signing-michael-carrick-lands-no-1-target\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">top midfield target of new permanent boss, Michael Carrick<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Tonali is valued at a hefty \u00a3100m by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/newcastle-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle<\/a>, and a deal on that scale would make the Italian Man Utd\u2019s new record signing.<\/p>\n<p>The latest from Italian outlet TuttoMercatoWeb stated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/man-utd-ready-match-sandro-tonali-asking-price-newcastle-expect-sell\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Red Devils are now prepared to match Newcastle\u2019s \u00a3100m valuation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>And per The Telegraph\u2019s Luke Edwards \u2013 who specialises in covering Newcastle \u2013 some within the Magpies\u2019 hierarchy now \u2018expect\u2019 Tonali to go.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote:\u00a0\u2018As painful as it might be for supporters, they should also brace themselves for another big-name departure.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Tonali could also leave before the start of the season \u2013 although the asking price of about \u00a3100m will inevitably cause problems for interested parties \u2013 and some within the club expect rather than fear his departure.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Italy international\u2019s agent has been offering him to clubs in England and Europe, hoping to persuade someone to bid for the 26-year-old.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The important thing for Newcastle is their succession planning. They already know who they want to sign should Tonali leave. That does not mean he will definitely be sold, but they are prepared for that scenario.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">DON\u2019T MISS:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/man-utd-red-alert-chelsea-say-yes-marc-cucurella-transfer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd on red alert as Chelsea say YES to starter\u2019s exit after request granted<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United are prepared to break their transfer record by paying \u00a3100m for Sandro Tonali, and Fabrizio Romano&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":489765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[912,914,61,60,917,189102,3005,1102,137615,112,915,15141],"class_list":["post-489764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-all-the-news","tag-front-page","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-manchester-united","tag-mateus-fernandes","tag-newcastle-united","tag-premier-league","tag-sandro-tonali","tag-sports","tag-transfer-news","tag-west-ham-united"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=489764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/489764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/489765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=489764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=489764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=489764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}