{"id":15836,"date":"2026-07-09T18:25:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:25:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15836"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:25:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:25:25","slug":"manchester-united-agree-50m-deal-for-chelseas-andrey-santos-as-midfield-rebuild-gathers-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15836","title":{"rendered":"Manchester United agree \u00a350m deal for Chelsea\u2019s Andrey Santos as midfield rebuild gathers pace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-blocks\">\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\"><b>Manchester United have agreed a \u00a350million deal to sign Andrey Santos from Chelsea.<\/b><\/div>\n<p>The midfielder is set to undergo a medical with Manchester United after terms were agreed on a transfer that could reach \u00a350m with add-ons. United will pay Chelsea an initial \u00a348m fee, with a further \u00a32m in achievable add-ons, and Chelsea retaining a 10% sell-on clause.<\/p>\n<p>Santos is set to become the second signing of Manchester United&#8217;s midfield rebuild. The Red Devils have agreed a deal to sign Ederson from Atalanta, for around \u00a335m, and are now set to add the 27-year-old&#8217;s international teammate.<\/p>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">The Athletic are reporting that Santos has already agreed personal terms and the deal will be finalised once a medical is completed.<\/div>\n<div style=\"word-break:break-word\" class=\"first:font-bold md:text-lg text-base paragraph-content\">Santos struggled for regular minutes at Chelsea last season, due to the presence of Enzo Fernandez and Moises Caicedo in midfield. He made 13 Premier League starts for the West Londoners in 2025\/26 and has earned eight caps for Brazil.<\/div>\n<p>Prior to last season, Santos shone on loan at Strasbourg in France. He scored 10 goals from central midfield during a productive campaign in Ligue 1.<\/p>\n<p>Manchester United have turned to Santos after being priced out of deals for Mateus Fernandes and Elliot Anderson. The former joined Tottenham Hotspur from West Ham for \u00a385m, with Nottingham Forest midfielder Anderson opting for Manchester City in a \u00a3116m English record deal.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Carrick had made midfield additions the priority this summer, following Casemiro&#8217;s exit from Old Trafford. Manuel Ugarte also sustained knee ligament damage while representing Uruguay at the 2026 World Cup.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have agreed a \u00a350million deal to sign Andrey Santos from Chelsea. The midfielder&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15836","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\/15836","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=15836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}