{"id":15750,"date":"2026-07-09T13:04:07","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15750"},"modified":"2026-07-09T13:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T13:04:07","slug":"man-utd-planning-for-another-midfielder-after-santos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15750","title":{"rendered":"Man Utd planning for another midfielder after Santos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"content\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/NewsArticle\">\n<!-- google_ad_section_start --><\/p>\n<h6>News<span> \u00bb <\/span>Premier League news<span> \u00bb <\/span>Chelsea news<\/h6>\n<p class=\"articletimestamp\">July 8, 2026 20:50 GMT (UK), by <!-- Author Start -->Sri Aswin<!-- Author End -->\n<\/p>\n<h6>View Chelsea summer 2026 transfer targets<\/h6>\n<div style=\"float:right\">\n<figure>\n<p class=\"article_image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyefootball.com\/imghold\/largestAndreySantosChelsea.jpg\" title=\"Andrey Santos news\" alt=\"Andrey Santos news\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p><figcaption><em itemprop=\"articleSection\">Man Utd want another marquee midfielder<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom:18px; width:450px;\">\n<div style=\"display:inline; border:0px; padding-left:2px; padding-top:3px;\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eyefootball.com\/images\/football_transfer_centre.png\" title=\"Football Transfer Centre\" alt=\"Football Transfer Centre\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span itemprop=\"articleBody\"><br \/>\n<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size:16px\">\n<strong>Manchester United have their sights on landing another midfielder despite the surprise signing of Chelsea ace <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Andrey Santos<\/span><\/span>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><!-- responsive_ad --><\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils secured a verbal agreement worth\u00a0\u00a350m for Santos earlier today, and he is expected to undergo his medical tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>He is poised to become the club&#8217;s second midfield arrival. Ederson is likewise expected to undergo his medical in the next few days.<\/p>\n<p>Despite two new acquisitions, United are still aiming to strengthen their midfield department and want a marquee arrival soon.<\/p>\n<p>Real Madrid&#8217;s <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Aurelien Tchouameni<\/span><\/span>  is one of the top names on their radar, but he has yet to be convinced to make the switch to Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>Newcastle United star <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Bruno Guimaraes<\/span><\/span>  is also being closely monitored, but the Brazil international prefers a move to Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>United are looking at more options in the transfer market. There is some speculation that Chelsea star <span itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Enzo Fernandez<\/span><\/span>  could be targeted.<\/p>\n<p>Fernandez is eager to play Champions League football next term.<br \/><!-- Article End --><\/p>\n<p><!-- google_ad_section_end --><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!-- newadv --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {\nvar js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)(0);\nif (d.getElementById(id)) return;\njs = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\njs.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\nfjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News \u00bb Premier League news \u00bb Chelsea news July 8, 2026 20:50 GMT (UK), by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chelsea"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}