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Despite striking a \u00a339 million agreement with Atalanta, Manchester United are yet to sign off on the deal for Ederson \u2013 with an inside source now lifting the lid on the club\u2019s concerns.<\/p>\n
If not for a late call-up for Brazil\u2019s World Cup squad to replace the injured Wesley, Ederson would likely already be a Red Devil. Manchester United moved aggressively in May to hijack Atletico Madrid\u2019s deal for the 27-year-old midfielder, fending off Arsenal and other Serie A sides in the process.<\/p>\n
Once the interest from Old Trafford became clear, the S\u00e3o Paulo native is understood to have communicated his intention to prioritise United over any other suitors \u2013 a quality INEOS have made a guiding principle for their recruitment, as the decision to pull out of the race for Mateus Fernandes demonstrated.<\/p>\n
The transfer \u2013 worth an initial \u00a335 million with \u00a33.8 million in add-ons \u2013 was seen by the hierarchy in M16 as a market opportunity to land a long-term target at a cut-price rate. The interest in Ederson dates as far back as 2023, with the recruitment team having tracked him closely last season.<\/p>\n
The Brazilian approved a four-year contract, with the option for an additional twelve months, while a club-to-club agreement was reached at the beginning of June. A medical was completed, only for the last-minute call from Carlo Ancelotti to join Matheus Cunha and Casemiro in North America to delay plans.<\/p>\n
However, a report relayed by The Peoples Person<\/em> revealed there were \u201cconcerns\u201d raised during these tests, throwing fresh doubt onto the move. <\/p>\n This has led United to conduct a second medical this week, as Ederson\u2019s tournament with Brazil came to a disappointing end at the hands of Norway on Sunday evening. While this was believed to be a formality to assess his physical state, it is now understood to be a chance to \u201cconduct thorough medical exams\u201d on the Atalanta star.<\/p>\n Football Insider<\/em> now offers further insight into these worries, claiming their sources indicate Ederson is potentially suffering from a long-term knee injury. <\/p>\n The report states there are \u201cconcerns about the Brazil international\u2019s recent injury history, notably a meniscus injury which has sparked suggestions of more long-term issues with his knee.\u201d If the second medical sheds more light on this issue, United are \u201clikely to walk away from the deal, and will be forced to look elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n Old Trafford chiefs remain \u201chopeful\u201d Ederson will \u201cpass further checks\u201d, but the move is described as \u201cno longer certain\u201d, despite having looked locked in just four weeks ago. The fact that he came through the World Cup completely unscathed, albeit with limited minutes on the pitch, only adds more mystery to this saga.<\/p>\n Elsewhere, United have reached a \u00a350 million agreement for a different Brazilian midfielder in Andrey Santos. Chelsea accepted the proposal for the 22-year-old, who travelled to Carrington yesterday to complete his own medical \u2013 which he is understood to have passed with no problems.<\/p>\n Internally, United executives consider the deal for the six-cap Brazil international a coup, particularly with the exorbitant fees spent on other Premier League-proven midfielders this summer.<\/p>\n There is belief in Brazil that Santos is a long-term successor to Casemiro as the Sele\u00e7\u00e3o\u2019s next No.6, offering further evidence for why the Red Devils moved so quickly to sign him.<\/p>\n Featured image by Simone Arveda\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\n 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><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 1 Despite striking a \u00a339 million agreement with Atalanta, Manchester United are yet to sign…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16183","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\/16183","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=16183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}A Second Medical<\/h5>\n