{"id":15784,"date":"2026-07-09T15:37:02","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15784"},"modified":"2026-07-09T15:37:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T15:37:02","slug":"manchester-united-agree-50m-deal-for-chelsea-midfielder-andrey-santos-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15784","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United agree \u00a350m deal for Chelsea midfielder Andrey Santos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manchester United are on the cusp of completing a move for Chelsea midfielder Andrey Santos. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to The Athletic, United have reached an agreement to sign the 22-year-old. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They will pay an initial \u00a348 million plus \u00a32m in add-ons, with Chelsea retaining a 10 percent sell-on clause. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Santos has agreed personal terms with United and is now set to undergo a medical to complete the transfer. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The young midfielder joined the Blues from Vasco da Gama in 2023 and has since had loan spells at Nottingham Forest and Strasbourg. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Brazil international significantly enhanced his reputation after an impressive 2025-26 season at Chelsea. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He made 43 appearances across all competitions, bagging three goals and four assists. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strengthening the midfield has been a priority for United this summer following Casemiro\u2019s departure as a free agent. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They have already wrapped up a deal for Atalanta\u2019s Ederson. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, with Manuel Ugarte sustaining a long-term injury while playing for Uruguay at the World Cup, more midfield reinforcements are needed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They missed out on Elliot Anderson and Mateus Fernandes due to their high valuations. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, Santos is set to join them.\u00a0The 22-year-old is a top-class midfielder who is highly rated for his physicality, progressive passing and goal threat. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Santos mainly plays as a defensive midfielder but can also operate as a number eight. <\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Stats from Transfermarkt<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United are on the cusp of completing a move for Chelsea midfielder Andrey Santos&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15784","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\/15784","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=15784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15785"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}