{"id":15870,"date":"2026-07-09T20:36:25","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:36:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15870"},"modified":"2026-07-09T20:36:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-09T20:36:25","slug":"fabrizio-romano-drops-huge-andrey-santos-update-as-announcement-nears-man-united-news-and-transfer-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/?p=15870","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano drops huge Andrey Santos update as announcement nears &#8211; Man United News And Transfer News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"penci-post-entry-inner\">\n<p>\t\t\t<i class=\"penci-post-countview-number-check\" style=\"display:none\">2<\/i><\/p>\n<p><!--Article Start--><br \/>Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has issued a major update on Andrey Santos\u2019 imminent move to Manchester United.<\/p>\n<h3>Agreement reached<\/h3>\n<p>Yesterday, news broke that United and Chelsea have struck an agreement for Santos to seal a permanent switch to United.<\/p>\n<p>Having missed out on Elliot Anderson and Mateus Fernandes to Manchester City and Tottenham Hotspur respectively, United turned their attention to Santos.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils have had a long-standing interest in the player, who is said to be keen on regular playing time that was not forthcoming at Chelsea.<\/p>\n<p>His hopes of eventually breaking into the club\u2019s starting eleven took a further hit after Moises Caicedo committed his future until 2033 with a new deal earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>United will pay the Blues a guaranteed \u00a348m fee plus \u00a32m in add-ons. Chelsea will also retain a 10 per cent sell-on clause.<\/p>\n<p>The Brazilian featured in 43 matches for Chelsea in all competitions last season, scoring three goals and contributing four assists.<\/p>\n<p>Romano has revealed that Santos has passed his United medical.<\/p>\n<h3>Santos update<\/h3>\n<p>The Italian journalist wrote on X, \u201cAndrey Santos has just completed a successful medical as new Manchester United player.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cClubs signed all documents for \u00a350m package deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAndrey signs tomorrow, Friday on deal until June 2031 plus option at Manchester United.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8\ud83c\udde7\ud83c\uddf7 Andrey Santos has just completed a successful medical as new Manchester United player.<\/p>\n<p>Clubs signed all documents for \u00a350m packate deal.<\/p>\n<p>Andrey signs tomorrow, Friday on deal until June 2031 plus option at #MUFC. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OvWuK96d6y\">pic.twitter.com\/OvWuK96d6y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 9, 2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>With the Santos transaction now formally resolved, United\u2019s focus shifts to finalising the acquisition of Ederson. He is presently undergoing his medical examination, which is anticipated to be the decisive factor in whether the club proceeds with an official announcement.<\/p>\n<p><em>Featured image Shaun Botterill via Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>The Peoples Person has been one of the world\u2019s leading Man United news sites for over a decade. Follow us on Bluesky: @peoplesperson.bsky.social<\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2 Transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has issued a major update on Andrey Santos\u2019 imminent move&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15493,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15870","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\/15870","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=15870"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15870\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}