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Manchester United have all but wrapped up their first deal of the summer window.<\/p>\n
Michael Carrick had always insisted on revamping the team\u2019s midfield, and it looks as though his wish is slowly but surely coming true.<\/p>\n
The Red Devils endured disappointment initially as they were priced out of moves for Elliot Anderson, Sandro Tonali, and Mateus Fernandes.<\/p>\n
But they pivoted to Chelsea\u2019s Andrey Santos, and concluded a deal in lightning-quick speed, with INEOS delighted with the price they paid for the Brazilian.<\/p>\n
It has already been relayed by The Peoples Person<\/em> that the 22-year-old would be coming to Carrington to sign his contract.<\/p>\n Sully, who is a reliable source for all things United, has now claimed that the Brazil international is conducting media duties with the club after which an official announcement will be made.<\/p>\n He also met with his new head coach in the morning, and it will be interesting to see what plans Carrick has for the dynamic star.<\/p>\n \u201cSantos has completed his medical with United and met with head coach Michael Carrick in person on Friday.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is now expected that Santos will sign his five-year contract with an option to extend for a further season and undergo the usual media duties this afternoon (Friday) before being unveiled as a new first-team player.\u201d<\/p>\n United have also started their pre-season preparations with a number of senior stars, including Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw and Mason Mount, already at Carrington.<\/p>\n The 20-time English league champions are also close to announcing their capture of Karl Darlow, who is expected to deputise for Senne Lammens in goal.<\/p>\n The signing of Ederson remains shrouded in mystery, with the Atalanta ace currently undergoing a thorough medical in Manchester.<\/p>\n There were issues that the club had flagged during the Brazilian\u2019s medical in the United States, which is why they called him over to England after the World Cup.<\/p>\n There remains a chance that the deal stalls, which will mean more work for INEOS in the market, with Carrick desperate for at least three new midfielders.<\/p>\n Feature image Shaun Botterill via 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":" 13 Manchester United have all but wrapped up their first deal of the summer window….<\/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-16231","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\/16231","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=16231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16231\/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=16231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playball.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Andrey Santos met Carrick, currently completing media duties<\/h5>\n
Ederson issues threaten to derail deal<\/h5>\n