{"id":459305,"date":"2026-03-05T18:17:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/459305\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T18:17:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:17:11","slug":"huge-man-utd-blow-as-man-city-beat-rivals-to-prem-midfielder-as-done-deal-is-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/459305\/","title":{"rendered":"Huge Man Utd blow as Man City beat rivals to Prem midfielder as ‘done deal’ is confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester City minds appears to have been made up when it comes to signing Elliot Anderson this summer, following the Nottingham Forest midfielder\u2019s showing \u2013 along with his stunning late strike \u2013 in denying them three points on Wednesday night, as fellow suitors Manchester United are left crestfallen.<\/p>\n

The England star has been heavily linked with both Manchester clubs after an outstanding campaign for both club and country, despite Forest\u2019s struggles at the wrong end of the Premier League table.<\/p>\n

Not exactly known for his goalscoring exploits, Anderson<\/a> notched just his second of the season with a sublime 76th-minute equaliser at the Etihad to silence a home support who could be cheering his name in the 2026\/27 campaign.<\/p>\n

Indeed, Anderson\u2019s display could well have given Man City<\/a> a glimpse of what the future holds in their midfield, especially with Real Madrid still circling for Rodri<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And, despite significant Man Utd<\/a> interest, our friends over at TEAMtalk<\/a> have delivered an exclusive update on Anderson\u2019s next move.<\/p>\n

TT insider Graeme Bailey reports that, within football circles, there is a growing belief that the 22-year-old\u2019s move to City is already effectively agreed.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: \u2018We know how it works\u2019 \u2013 Man City star Silva slams referee after Haaland is denied penalty vs Forest<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI have to be honest, for several weeks now, from numerous sources, I am told that Anderson to City is a done deal,\u201d Bailey exclusively revealed.<\/p>\n

\u201cCity have been on Anderson for months, since last year. I am told Hugo Viana picked him out last summer as one he wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

City\u2019s long-standing admiration for the former Newcastle United man has been no secret in recruitment circles, with the midfielder\u2019s energy, technical quality and tactical intelligence seen as a perfect fit \u2013 especially if pivotal defensive midfield pivot Rodri ends up moving on.<\/p>\n

The news will come major blow to United, though, who are moving on from Casemiro this summer and are also expected to offload flop signing Manuel Ugarte.<\/p>\n

Indeed, it will leave the Red Devils having likely switching targets to the likes of Adam Wharton or Carlos Baleba instead.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Everything coming up Arsenal as title and relegation battles reshaped on night of drama<\/a><\/p>\n

As for Anderson, it\u2019s expected that the Forest star will be on the move for around \u00a390m (\u20ac103m, $120m), although that figure may have jumped again after his heroics in the blue half of Manchester.<\/p>\n

Indeed, that wonderstrike has now left City seven points behind leaders Arsenal in the title race, although they do still have a game in hand of the the Gunners.<\/p>\n

Pep\u2019s men are next in action against Newcastle in the FA Cup on Saturday, before their heavyweight midweek face-off with Real Madrid in the Champions League.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City minds appears to have been made up when it comes to signing Elliot Anderson this summer,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":459306,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[58699,218,448,399,349,50,115,221,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-459305","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-elliot-anderson","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-front-page","11":"tag-manchester-city","12":"tag-manchester-united","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-nottingham-forest","15":"tag-premier-league","16":"tag-sports","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459305"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459305\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/459306"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459305"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459305"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}