{"id":15842,"date":"2026-07-09T18:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15842"},"modified":"2026-07-09T18:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T18:42:13","slug":"chelsea-reach-50m-agreement-with-man-utd-for-andrey-santos-as-xabi-alonso-clear-out-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15842","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea reach \u00a350m agreement with Man Utd for Andrey Santos as Xabi Alonso clear out continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<h2 class=\"LeadText_lead-text__wd_PA __className_c6a39b\" data-testid=\"leadtext\">Andrey Santos is on his way out of Stamford Bridge after Chelsea reached an agreement with Manchester United over the transfer of the Brazilian midfielder<\/h2>\n<div class=\"Byline_byline-container__K_Owl\" data-testid=\"byline\"><span class=\"Byline_byline-content-wrapper__Imque\" data-testid=\"byline-content\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"Byline_author-badge-date-wrapper__Q7jj1\">\n<p><span class=\"\" data-testid=\"byline-publishedDate\">17:31, 08 Jul 2026<\/span><span class=\"ArticleTimestamp_updated-date__7qD4Q ArticleTimestamp_updated-date-with-published__iFKpF\" data-testid=\"byline-updatedDate\">Updated 18:00, 08 Jul 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/div>\n<p><button type=\"button\" class=\"SlideViewerButton_slide-viewer-button__BDJoG\" aria-label=\"Open image viewer\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-controls=\"image-lightbox\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-embed__0T8WX ImageEmbed_image-lead__Ti3qQ\" data-testid=\"leadimage\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"34260192\">\n<div class=\"ImageEmbed_image-container__2AIQm\">\n<figure class=\"Figure_figure__Uce4f\" style=\"--figure-aspect-ratio:1.5\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Andrey Santos\" loading=\"eager\" sizes=\"(max-width: 508px) 508px, (max-width: 615px) 615px, 1200px\" src=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article34260192.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_GettyImages-2266000423.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article34260192.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s508\/0_GettyImages-2266000423.jpg 508w, https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article34260192.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s615\/0_GettyImages-2266000423.jpg 615w, https:\/\/i2-prod.football.london\/article34260192.ece\/ALTERNATES\/s1200f\/0_GettyImages-2266000423.jpg 1200w\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><figcaption class=\"ImageCaption_caption__j7HRu\" data-testid=\"image-caption\">\n<p aria-label=\"Andrey Santos is set to move to Manchester United\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Andrey Santos is set to move to Manchester United<cite aria-label=\"Image: Franco Arland\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-credit__wlx1W\" data-testid=\"caption-credit\">(Image: Franco Arland)<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<p><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Chelsea have reached a \u00a350million agreement with Manchester United over the sale of Andrey Santos this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Blues will receive \u00a348m as an up-front fee from their Premier League rivals as well as \u00a32m in add-ons that have been described by sources as very achievable. Santos has been granted permission to travel to Manchester to complete a medical and finalise a move to Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The 22-year-old midfielder was in and out of the starting line-up at Chelsea last season in his first proper campaign with the club after multiple loan moves. The Blues will insert a 10% sell-on clause in Santos&#8217; contract with Man United.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">FOLLOW OUR CHELSEA FB PAGE!<\/strong> <strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Latest Blues news, analysis and much more via our dedicated Facebook page<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The Brazil international, who was signed for around \u00a318m from Vasco da Gama in 2023, informed Chelsea of his desire to move elsewhere due to concerns over the amount of first-team football on offer in Xabi Alonso&#8217;s debut season at Stamford Bridge. Moises Caicedo signing a new long-term contract with the club had a big impact on Santos and where he saw himself in the pecking order.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">While Santos agreed to join Chelsea in January 2023, he returned to Vasco a couple of months later on a loan deal until the end of the 23\/24 season. Santos then moved to Nottingham Forest for the 24\/25 campaign but due to a lack of game time at the City Ground, the Brazilian, who was left out of Carlo Ancelotti&#8217;s World Cup squad this summer, was recalled by Chelsea in January 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A loan switch to Strasbourg followed for the midfielder and it was a fantastic season in France under Liam Rosenior. There were high expectations for Santos the following season in Chelsea&#8217;s first team but he was in and out of the XI under the three head coaches at Stamford Bridge last term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh\" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Santos is set to become Chelsea&#8217;s third official departure of the summer transfer window. Marc Cucurella joined Real Madrid in a deal worth close to \u00a352m, while Tyrique George moved to Everton recently for a \u00a324m package. Once United&#8217;s deal to sign Santos goes through, Alonso&#8217;s side will have received around \u00a3126m in total transfer fees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrey Santos is on his way out of Stamford Bridge after Chelsea reached an agreement&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15843,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15842","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\/15842","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=15842"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15842\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15842"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15842"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15842"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}