{"id":233858,"date":"2026-07-02T16:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/233858\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T16:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T16:07:10","slug":"man-city-confirm-deal-to-sign-elliot-anderson-from-nottingham-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/233858\/","title":{"rendered":"Man City confirm deal to sign Elliot Anderson from Nottingham Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 23-year-old, currently preparing for a last-16 tie with Mexico, completed his medical in Kansas \u2013 where the national team are based \u2013 and will formally make the switch when England\u2019s involvement is over.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cManchester City and Nottingham Forest have reached an agreement for the transfer of Elliot Anderson,\u201d said a City statement.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2.85152548.jpg\" alt=\"Elliot Anderson was in action for England on Wednesday\" data-title=\"England v Congo DR \u2013 FIFA World Cup \u2013 Round of 32 \u2013 Atlanta Stadium\" data-copyright-holder=\"PA Wire\" data-copyright-notice=\"PA Wire\/PA Images\" data-credit=\"Martin Rickett\" data-usage-terms=\"Use subject to restrictions. Editorial use only, no commercial use without prior consent from rights holder.\"  \/>Elliot Anderson was in action for England on Wednesday (Martin Rickett\/PA)<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe formalities of the move will be finalised upon his return to England.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the meantime, everyone at Manchester City wishes Elliot and the England squad the very best of luck in their World Cup campaign and we look forward to welcoming him to Manchester in due course.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There had been reports Anderson would fetch a British record fee of \u00a3130million but sources have indicated to the Press Association the deal comes in under the \u00a3125m fee Liverpool paid Newcastle for Alexander Isak last summer.<\/p>\n<p>Reports suggest the fee is closer to \u00a3116m, which is still a club record for City.<\/p>\n<p>Anderson is the first signing of the post-Pep Guardiola era and provides a huge boost to new manager Enzo Maresca, whose return to the club was confirmed earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Manchester City and Nottingham Forest have reached an agreement for the transfer of Elliot Anderson.<\/p>\n<p>Read more \ud83d\udd17 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9LdDn5182n\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/t.co\/9LdDn5182n<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pX7HDVXRq9\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/pX7HDVXRq9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Manchester City (@ManCity) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ManCity\/status\/2072666816904569291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">July 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He has started all four World Cup matches and during England\u2019s preparation camp national team boss Thomas Tuchel described him as the \u201cfull package\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s a top player. There\u2019s nothing more to say, he\u2019s the full package. I\u2019m happy that he\u2019s with us on that kind of level and he\u2019s a key player for us,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 23-year-old, currently preparing for a last-16 tie with Mexico, completed his medical in Kansas \u2013 where the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":233859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[128,130,129],"class_list":["post-233858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233858","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=233858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/233858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/233859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=233858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=233858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=233858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}