United Daily - Monday 6th July 2026 - Andrey Santos bid imminent
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What is United’s new midfield target and why is Andrey Santos on the radar?
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This is Monday's United Daily Podcast. I'm Wayne Barton with today's news and rumours. Manchester United are targeting Chelsea midfielder Andre Santos as the uh midfielder who will they'll next be making an offer for r completely out of the blue this one yesterday. Broke um in the morning through the Guardian and then through the Athletic through the Through David Owenstein. Chelsea are valuing him around £50 million. United expecting that that's where they they'll be in terms of the negotiation. So it sort of tells you where United are in terms of where they're going next.
Expecting one. He played 27 times last season in the league. He spent the previous year and half before that on loan at Strasbourg. Chelsea looking to raise money through selling on one of their squad options. Honestly, we've done this before.
How does the £50 million price tag on Santos compare to United’s previous midfield signings?
We've done it with Matic, we've done it with Mason Mount, haven't we? Just throwing money at them. For you know, Matic was a decent midfielder. For what we needed at the time, mobility and thing it wasn't the the best fitting midfielder considering we had Paul Pogba um at the time. So yeah, um Santos is a decent player. I just don't know. It doesn't strike you as inspiring, does it, when you know the other names have been moving around this summer? Elliot Anderson and um and then Mateus. Fernandez yeah, it's a bit of a drop in the um in the excitement stakes. Um but you know, obviously as a backup option, he's not he's not the worst rotational option in midfield. Um the expectation was that United would be moving for Carlos Baliba.
Um yeah. There was um some speculation yesterday as well that the Edison deal is delayed, I think. think that those reports are more or less lost in translation. I think that was more to do with the fact that it's not yet completed, so some reports took that as being delayed, which um I don't necessarily think is the case, rather than the fact that it's tried to before um being officially announced.
Why are there rumors that Ederson’s medical could be accelerated after Brazil’s World Cup exit?
Now that Brazil were eliminated last night from the World Cup, you would expect that the completion of that medical will be done a little bit quicker. And obviously England continued in the World Cup last night. Um they won three two against Mexico, two goals from Jude Bellingham, one from Ari Kane and no appearances from any United player, which was a little bit sad even after England had a red card. You know, there's nothing that will see Kobe Maynard get a minute on the pitches there. Um which is surprising Considering United uh England also threadbare in in Midfield, you would have think United's lesson would have been England's lesson as well, but no, no. Um Tuchel sticking at it. Um as long as we get a fresh Kobe Mainu back, um all the better for us, right?
Um but yeah. Anyway, that's it for today guys, I'll be back tomorrow with the news and gossip. Have a great day.
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3 chapters
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What is United’s new midfield target and why is Andrey Santos on the radar?
0:00–1:14
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How does the £50 million price tag on Santos compare to United’s previous midfield signings?
1:14–2:31
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Why are there rumors that Ederson’s medical could be accelerated after Brazil’s World Cup exit?
2:31–3:33
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