A midfield rebuild starts in the middle.
United have their first piece. A deal is agreed with Atalanta for Ederson, the Brazil midfielder, for a fee ESPN puts at about thirty four million pounds plus add-ons, with Sky reporting closer to thirty eight. Four years, with an option for a fifth. AGREED, medical to come, not yet a club announcement. He is billed as the first of at least two midfielders, with Casemiro and Manuel Ugarte expected to leave to make room. The second piece is a West Ham double: Mateus Fernandes and Crysencio Summerville, both LINKED, both chased by other clubs, per Romano. The middle of the pitch is where this rebuild lives.
Update, 4 Jul: elsewhere that day, ESPN sources reported Chelsea nearing a final agreement for Atalanta's Marco Palestra, REPORTED, AS carried Real Madrid interest in Chelsea's Enzo Fernandez, RUMOUR, and Nicolo Schira reported Manchester City eyeing Chelsea's Malo Gusto, REPORTED.