{"id":498163,"date":"2026-03-27T11:18:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/498163\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T11:18:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T11:18:10","slug":"sandro-tonali-bomshell-drops-amid-man-utd-and-arsenal-interest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/498163\/","title":{"rendered":"Sandro Tonali bomshell drops amid Man Utd and Arsenal interest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Manchester United are set to make a move for Newcastle United star Sandro Tonali, with Bruno Fernandes playing a surprise role despite Arsenal interest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportbible.com\/sandro-tonali\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tonali <\/a>was in fine form on Thursday as the <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportbible.com\/newacstle\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Newcastle<\/a> man helped keep Italy&#8217;s World Cup hopes alive with a fine strike to open the scoring in their 2-0 win over Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The midfielder has been a key man for Eddie Howe this season, particularly with the fitness woes of captain Bruno Guimar\u00e3es but his time on Tyneside could be coming to a close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">According to <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15681925\/newcastle-confidential-sandro-tonali-transfer.html\">The Daily Mail&#8217;s Craig Hope<\/a>, sources linking the Italian to Old Trafford have gathered serious  momentum in recent days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">He claims that in the last 48 hours, <a class=\"anchor_link__6t7IO\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportbible.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">United<\/a> have leaped to the front of the queue for Tonali, ahead of the likes of Barcelona, Real Madrid,  Arsenal and Manchester City. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Hope also noted that United captain Bruno Fernandes has played a surprise role in United&#8217;s interest, telling the club hierarchy he would support a move to bring the 25-year-old to the club.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Tonali isn&#8217;t United&#8217;s only shortlisted option for the midfield position, but the Newcastle man is believed to be the number one target ahead of England stats Elliot Anderson and Adam Wharton. <\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Sandro Tonali in action for Newcastle vs Barcelona (credit: getty) \" data-chromatic=\"ignore\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"article-image_image__XvzgU\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/aHR0cHM6Ly9ldS1pbWFnZXMuY29udGVudHN0YWNrLmNvbS92My9hc3NldHMvYmx0YTkwZDA1YWQ0MWE1NGE3MS9ibHQ2ZDM4M2Zj.webp\"\/>Sandro Tonali in action for Newcastle vs Barcelona (credit: getty) Tonali&#8217;s agent believes World Cup success can secure move<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">Similarly to Liverpool&#8217;s interest in Alexander Isak last summer, Newcastle are very aware of the interest in Tonali from Manchester, but have received no indication from the player he wants to leave.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">However, while Tonali might be quiet on his future, his agent Giuseppe Riso certainly isn&#8217;t, recently speaking about how the World Cup is an opportunity for the Italian to secure a big move.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cThat was the goal, to try to make him a star player,\u201d Riso said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cHe\u2019s the Italian footballer with one of the highest values. If he shines at the World Cup, will City or Arsenal be hot on his heels? It\u2019s very likely.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester United are set to make a move for Newcastle United star Sandro Tonali, with Bruno Fernandes playing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":498164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-498163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498163","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=498163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/498164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}