{"id":650448,"date":"2026-06-21T11:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/650448\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T11:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T11:04:09","slug":"man-utd-gary-neville-tips-ineos-to-land-world-cup-star-over-mateus-fernandes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/650448\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd: Gary Neville tips INEOS to land World Cup star over Mateus Fernandes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gary Neville reckons Man Utd might be better off pursuing a deal to sign Felix Nmecha this summer over West Ham midfielder Mateus Fernandes.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils are looking to sign at least one more midfielder before the end of the transfer window after sealing a deal to sign Atlanta star Ederson this summer.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd<\/a> had made Elliot Anderson their priority midfield signing this summer but it looks likely that arch-rivals Man City are likely to beat them to his signing.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandes is the next midfielder on their list as they look to overhaul the centre of the pitch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-accelerate-full-transfer-agreement-next-signing-personal-terms-west-ham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">with a recent report claiming that<\/a> the West Ham midfielder has \u2018agreed personal terms\u2019 and Man Utd are now moving towards a \u2018full transfer agreement\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have other potential targets in case a deal doesn\u2019t work out and Man Utd legend Neville thinks Borussia Dortmund midfielder Nmecha, who is starring for Germany at the World Cup, could be a better option than Fernandes.<\/p>\n<p>Neville said on ITV Sport: \u201cThe more he plays like he did the other night the more expensive he\u2019ll get.<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-accelerate-full-transfer-agreement-next-signing-personal-terms-west-ham\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd accelerate towards \u2018full transfer agreement\u2019 for next signing after personal terms deal<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut at the moment, we hear Manchester United are being quoted \u00a3100 million for the West Ham boy Fernandes, so they\u2019re going to have to be looking around this tournament and parts of Europe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe looked outstanding the other night, it looked like he had absolutely everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wright was impressed by Nmecha\u2019s World Cup performance for Germany, the Arsenal legend added:\u00a0\u201cWhen you look at him he breaks lines, he gets into the box, he\u2019s got Kimmich to come in and fill in for him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe can play as a No.8 or No.10, we can see he can finish, you can see why teams are interested in him. He\u2019s got everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-cut-price-fee-germany-star-very-realistic-transfer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man Utd told cut-price fee for Germany star as intermediaries work on \u2018very realistic\u2019 transfer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Everton striker Duncan Ferguson was equally as impressed as he picked out a number of Nmecha\u2019s key attributes.<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson continued: \u201cHe\u2019s a very good player, a young player, he\u2019s got a very good right foot, he\u2019s athletic, he can get around the pitch,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt looks like he can get in the box, he can defend, he\u2019s a good size, he\u2019s young, you can see why people are after him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic\u2018s David Ornstein revealed earlier this week that Tottenham are also interested in signing West Ham midfielder Fernandes, while some reports are claiming that Spurs are nearing an agreement on personal terms.<\/p>\n<p>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/arsenal-threatens-man-utd-thiago-brentford-arteta-priority\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Arsenal \u2018threaten\u2019 Man Utd pursuit of top attacking target as Arteta makes \u00a377m star a \u2018priority\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gary Neville reckons Man Utd might be better off pursuing a deal to sign Felix Nmecha this summer&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":180082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[218,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-650448","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\/650448","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=650448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650448\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/180082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}