09 Jul 2026 07:03:58.
Fabrizio Romano is reporting that Andrey Santos asked to leave Chelsea and wanted Man United, seen as perfect chapter for his career.
Two meetings with his agents took place in February and March, Man Utd to pay £48m plus £2m add ons with a 10% sell-on clause.
Chelsea's stance is, as always, if a player is not happy and wants to leave, then fine, they can go. The club only want players who want to represent the club.
09 Jul 2026 08:38:21
Rpd, I can't see him getting assurances at Utd about game time. I assume Alonso is ok with this, otherwise surely he would have intervened and had a word with Santos.
10 Jul 2026 11:16:29
You may be right, Tom, hope so. As it is, reckon United got Santos at a pretty low price, if certainly compared to some we've paid in recent times, including the combined £95 million for Garnacho and Gittens....
Though, yes of course I hoped - and still hope, if they stay, that both could come good for us. They have just shown relatively little so far compared to Santos, imho. (Yes, of course, in different positions.)