{"id":634981,"date":"2026-06-12T14:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/634981\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T14:31:11","slug":"man-utd-insider-reveals-next-on-the-list-before-fernandes-as-180m-double-deal-takes-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/634981\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd insider reveals ‘next on the list’ before Fernandes as \u00a3180m double deal takes shape"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sandro Tonali is \u201cnext on the list\u201d for Manchester United after they missed out on Elliot Anderson, according to a club insider.<\/p>\n

Anderson emerged as a target for Manchester United thanks to his standout performances for Nottingham Forest and England as he prepares to partner Declan Rice in central midfield for England at the World Cup under Thomas Tuchel.<\/p>\n

United have already agreed a deal to sign Brazilian star Ederson from Atalanta to replace compatriot Casemiro at Old Trafford, but reports suggest the INEOS bosses want to land at least one more midfielder this summer as Uruguayan Manuel Ugarte is also set to depart the club.<\/p>\n

Anderson is thought to have been their top target, but the 23-year-old prefers a move to City, who saw a second bid for the 23-year-old rejected by Forest on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Athletic\u2019s David Ornstein revealed \u2018the bid is worth \u00a3106million with potential add-ons taking it in excess of \u00a3120m\u2019, but \u2018Forest want the fixed fee to consider a sale of the England international to eclipse the \u00a3125m British record Liverpool paid Newcastle United for Alexander Isak last summer\u2019.<\/p>\n

United have branded that bid \u2018a disgrace\u2019<\/a> and have moved onto other targets, with reports on Friday claiming they\u2019re set to beat Arsenal and Real Madrid to the signing of West Ham\u2019s Mateus Fernandes in an \u00a380m deal.<\/p>\n

That news came after Fabrizio Romano revealed on his YouTube channel: \u201cManchester United are in official contact with the agent of the player.<\/p>\n

\u201cManchester United already started the conversation with the agent to start preparing a bid to West Ham, so Man Utd are for sure in conversations with Mateus Fernandes.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo, we have to take this into consideration and then see how other clubs will react because there are more clubs, not only Man Utd, not only Real Madrid, so it\u2019s going to be an interesting race surely.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u2018Next on the list\u2019<\/p>\n

But former chief Man Utd scout Mick Brown has been \u201ctold\u201d that Newcastle star Sandro Tonali \u2013 who\u2019s valued by the Magpies at \u00a3100m \u2013 is \u201cnext on the list\u201d for the Red Devils after walking away from the deal for Anderson.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody knows by now, Elliot Anderson was the top target,\u201d Brown told Football Insider<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it now looks like he\u2019s going to Man City, there have been big offers made and they\u2019re pushing to get tha<\/p>\n

\u201cSo United now have to look further down their shortlist, and I\u2019m told the next on that list is Sandro Tonali, because he could be looking to leave Newcastle this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s been speculation that his agent has made contact with different clubs, and United are definitely among the clubs interested.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he\u2019s going to be available, he is the one they will want after they get this deal for Ederson over the line, because he ticks a number of boxes that Carrick is looking for.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a top midfielder, Tonali, so it would certainly make a lot of sense and it would be cheaper than doing a deal for Anderson as well.\u201d<\/p>\n

A report earlier this week claimed some people within Newcastle now \u2018expect rather than fear\u2019 Tonali\u2019s exit after Anthony Gordon\u2019s quick \u00a370m exit to Barcelona offered proof of a \u2018new transfer strategy\u2019 which will see them not trying to fight players who want out from leaving the club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sandro Tonali is \u201cnext on the list\u201d for Manchester United after they missed out on Elliot Anderson, according…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,448,349,941,50,221,73195,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-634981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-football","tag-front-page","tag-manchester-united","tag-newcastle-united","tag-news","tag-premier-league","tag-sandro-tonali","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634981","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=634981"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634981\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}