A deal at the line, with a second midfielder next.
United's midfield rebuild has its first near-certainty. Ederson Silva, the Atalanta and Brazil defensive midfielder, has agreed a move to Old Trafford in a package around forty five million euros, on a four year deal with the option of a fifth. ESPN report the agreement and Fabrizio Romano calls it done bar the medical. AGREED, not yet announced by the club, so the desk holds the white smoke. Romano adds that a second midfielder is the plan once Ederson lands. Mateus Fernandes stays live too, with Tottenham trying to gatecrash United's talks with West Ham. RUMOUR there. Aurelien Tchouameni remains the dream, and the wages remain the problem.
Update, 4 Jul: elsewhere that day, The Athletic and Fabrizio Romano reported PSG agreeing Goncalo Ramos to AC Milan for seventy four million euros plus add-ons, a Milan record, REPORTED, and ESPN reported Newcastle rejecting an Arsenal offer for Bruno Guimaraes, REPORTED.