{"id":633292,"date":"2026-06-11T15:42:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/633292\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T15:42:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T15:42:09","slug":"elliot-anderson-manchester-city-have-second-bid-rejected-for-nottingham-forest-midfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/633292\/","title":{"rendered":"Elliot Anderson: Manchester City have second bid rejected for Nottingham Forest midfielder"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manchester City<\/a>‘s second offer worth \u00a3120m for Nottingham Forest<\/a> midfielder Elliot Anderson has been rejected.<\/p>\n

City have intensified their pursuit of the 23-year-old England international, with an offer of an initial \u00a3106m plus add-ons. <\/p>\n

Should they sign Anderson it would eclipse the \u00a3105m Arsenal<\/a> paid West Ham<\/a> for Declan Rice in 2023 as the record transfer for an English player.<\/p>\n

City had an opening bid rejected by Forest earlier this month and Anderson’s preference is a move to Etihad Stadium over Manchester United<\/a>, while personal terms are not an issue.<\/p>\n

United are effectively out of the running, having not wanted to get into a bidding war and only wanting players eager to join them. <\/p>\n

City have long been admirers of Newcastle<\/a> academy graduate Anderson. The player is currently preparing for the World Cup in the United States, Canada and Mexico, but club-to-club talks can continue to take place.<\/p>\n

He started England’s 3-0 win over Costa Rica on Wednesday – the final friendly for the Three Lions before their opening World Cup game against Croatia on 17 June. <\/p>\n

Anderson was one of Forest’s star performers last season as they reached the Europa League semi-finals and avoided relegation from the Premier League, despite having four managers.<\/p>\n

He arrived from Newcastle<\/a> in 2024 for \u00a335m and has made 92 appearances, scoring six goals. <\/p>\n

Bernardo Silva’s exit from City at the end of his contract means they are looking to bolster their midfield and Anderson tops the list of potential targets.<\/p>\n

Newcastle<\/a> midfielder Sandro Tonali is another player understood to be highly rated by City, with reports suggesting the Italy international has also been monitored as a long-term target.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manchester City‘s second offer worth \u00a3120m for Nottingham Forest midfielder Elliot Anderson has been rejected. City have intensified…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-633292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633292","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=633292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}