{"id":1103,"date":"2026-03-20T03:19:46","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T03:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/?p=1103"},"modified":"2026-03-20T03:19:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T03:19:46","slug":"trusted-bbc-journalist-reveals-that-man-utd-are-considering-raid-on-serie-a-club-for-26m-rated-brazilian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/?p=1103","title":{"rendered":"Trusted BBC Journalist Reveals That Man Utd Are Considering Raid On Serie A Club For \u00a326M Rated Brazilian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<article>\n<p><strong>Man Utd have \u201cidentified\u201d Atalanta midfielder Ederson as a potential transfer target ahead of the summer transfer window, according to <em>BBC<\/em> reporter Sami Mokbel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The journalist broke the news last year that Arsenal were set to sign Martin Zubimendi before other sources, and he has strong contacts at most Premier League teams.<\/p>\n<p>Ederson has been linked with a move to Old Trafford on a regular basis over the past few years, but he wasn\u2019t believed to be among the club\u2019s top midfield options for this summer. However, Mokbel says he is under consideration:<\/p>\n<div class=\"sra_unit\"><link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"block-sra\" href=\"https:\/\/manunews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/snack-related-articles\/dist\/css\/snack-related.min.css?230424-120838\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/>\n<aside class=\"sra-group sra-related-list\">\n<h2 class=\"sra-group-head\">Most Read on ManUNews.com<\/h2>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cOutside the Premier League, Atalanta midfielder Ederson is among the players in Europe who club recruitment staff have identified as having potential.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Ederson would be a cheap addition to the squad<\/h2>\n<p>The 26-year-old is closing in on the final year of his contract at Atalanta, and that has had a huge impact on his value.<\/p>\n<p>Ederson could be available for as little as \u20ac30m (\u00a326m), which is a dramatic drop on the \u20ac60m (\u00a352m) plus that his club wanted for him last year.<\/p>\n<p>If United don\u2019t qualify for the Champions League, or if they are looking for a second midfield signing (in addition to a more expensive purchase), a move for the Brazilian may be explored.<\/p>\n<h2>Man Utd have yet to settle on their top target<\/h2>\n<p><smartframe-embed customer-id=\"0fab81ce12e48a0794275e1d82449fb1\" image-id=\"1074445119\" style=\"width: 100%; display: inline-flex; max-width: 100%;\"\/><!-- https:\/\/smartframe.io\/embedding-support --><br \/>The club\u2019s transfer budget will be determined by several factors. Finishing in the top 4\/5 would help increase funds, while sales will also assist in the club\u2019s recruitment drive.<\/p>\n<p>For that reason, signing the likes of Nottingham Forest\u2019s Elliot Anderson, Newcastle\u2019s <strong>Sandro Tonali<\/strong> or even Brighton\u2019s Carlos Baleba may only be possible under certain circumstances.<\/p>\n<p>Waiting to decide on your top target doesn\u2019t come without risk. If they wait too long, there is a chance they could lose out on players to their rivals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more news on Man Utd? Add Man U News as a preferred source on Google<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man Utd have \u201cidentified\u201d Atalanta midfielder Ederson as a potential transfer target ahead of the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1104,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arsenal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/osport.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}