Manchester United have now made West Ham United star Mateus Fernandes their top midfield target, with the Red Devils\u2019 co-owners, INEOS, deciding not to rival a \u00a3121million bid from Manchester City for Elliot Anderson.<\/p>\n
Anderson has long been one of the main targets for Man Utd<\/a>, who want to sign at least two new midfielders in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n Man Utd have a deal in place with Atalanta for Brazilian midfielder Ederson Silva<\/a> and would love to bring Anderson to Old Trafford, too.<\/p>\n However, Man City are favourites for the England international midfielder and have made two bids already.<\/p>\n Man City\u2019s latest offer of a total of \u00a3121million for Anderson<\/a> has been turned down by Forest, who want more.<\/p>\n Man Utd<\/a> have decided not to make a rival bid, as the club\u2019s co-owners, INEOS, consider Anderson too expensive at that price.<\/p>\n READ: Man Utd now ready to sell Rashford to Arsenal after \u2018contact\u2019 as \u2018intermediaries instructed\u2019 \u2013 top source<\/a><\/p>\n Transfer guru Fabrizio Romano said on his\u00a0YouTube channel<\/a> on Wednesday night: \u201cMy understanding is that Man Utd believe this is too expensive.<\/p>\n \u201c\u00a3120million for him are too much.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, Man Utd at the moment are not participating to any bidding war and also the message coming from Manchester United is that they will not do crazy things.<\/p>\n \u201cMan Utd already signed Ederson, want to sign at least one more midfielder, but not completely crazy things.\u201d<\/p>\n TalkSPORT journalist Ben Jacobs wrote on X at 9:33pm on June 10: \u201cManchester United view Elliot Anderson as a dream target, but they won\u2019t get sucked into a bidding war, especially without player buy in first.<\/p>\n READ MORE:\u00a0Man Utd accelerate \u2018pursuit\u2019 of \u00a360m Newcastle star who\u2019s \u2018keen on a move to Old Trafford\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cCost of deal, plus a feeling Anderson favours #MCFC mean Manchester United are advancing on other targets as of now.<\/p>\n \u201cMatheus Fernandes remains one to watch with talks underway on player side.<\/p>\n \u201cBournemouth will speak to Alex Scott further on his future soon and value him at around \u00a380m.<\/p>\n \u201cCarlos Baleba on Manchester United\u2019s list as well.\u201d<\/p>\n Mateus Fernandes is Man Utd\u2019s new \u2018top\u2019 midfield target<\/p>\n It has now emerged that Man Utd have made West Ham and Portugal international midfielder Mateus Fernandes<\/a> their new top target.<\/p>\n TEAMtalk reported in May that Man Utd have made contact with the agents of Fernandes<\/a>.<\/p>\n The report in the reliable news outlet claimed that Fernandes himself is \u2018extremely keen\u2019 on a move to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n West Ham<\/a> are unlikely to be able to keep hold of Fernandes, having been relegated from the Championship.<\/p>\n Romano has said that West Ham want \u00a385million for Fernandes<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Chief Manchester United correspondent for The Manchester Evening News, Tyrone Marshall, has now reported that Man Utd are focusing on alternatives to Anderson, with Fernandes now at the top of their list for midfield targets.<\/p>\n