{"id":110479,"date":"2025-10-09T05:54:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:54:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/110479\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T05:54:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T05:54:08","slug":"romano-exposes-agreed-100m-transfer-after-shock-185m-double-deal-is-mooted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/110479\/","title":{"rendered":"Romano exposes &#8216;agreed&#8217; \u00a3100m transfer after shock \u00a3185m double deal is mooted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fabrizio Romano has insisted that there is \u201cnothing concrete\u201d in rumours that Man Utd captain Bruno Fernandes will move to Saudi Arabia next summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Red Devils came 15th in the Premier League last season and failed to qualify for any European competitions ahead of the new campaign.<\/p>\n<p>That led to rumours that Fernandes could look to move on in the summer but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/manchester-united\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Man Utd<\/strong><\/a> midfielder \u2013 who contributed eight goals and ten assists in the Premier League last term \u2013 eventually stayed.<\/p>\n<p>Man Utd have had an inconsistent start this term too with Ruben Amorim\u2019s side taking ten points from a possible 21 in the Premier League, while they were knocked out of the League Cup by League Two side Grimsby Town.<\/p>\n<p>Another season that has already been dominated about Amorim sack talk seems unlikely to end in success and there is already talk of players who could leave at the end of the season or even as early as January.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Zirkzee has been linked with a move to Serie A and West Ham in January, while there are rumours that Man Utd will offload Harry Maguire on a free transfer at the end of the season.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/gary-neville-nine-middle-aged-gammon-slam-champagne-socialist-jordan-farage-le-tissier\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nine middle-aged gammons slam \u2018wh*re\u2019 Gary Neville as \u2018champagne socialist\u2019 is reminded he\u2019s white too<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And there were reports last night from a respected account on X claiming that Fernandes \u201cwill be sold\u201d to Saudi Arabia in the summer in an \u2018already agreed\u2019 deal, whole \u00a3185m-rated Premier League duo\u00a0Carlos Baleba and Elliot Anderson.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-fernandes-sale-agreed-secret-transfer-plans-two-incoming-signings\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The account wrote<\/a><\/strong>:\u00a0\u201cWe have been told a high-level secret for Man Utd\u2019s transfer plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe understand that Bruno Fernandes will be sold to the Saudi Arabia league for \u00a3100m in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deal is already agreed between all parties, according to sources, and it seems like Bruno Fernandes is just waiting to sort out personal terms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe funds from Bruno\u2019s transfer are expected to be used to bring in Carlos Baleba and Elliot Anderson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE MAN UTD COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<\/strong><br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/amorim-sack-international-break-premier-league-manchester-united-warning\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Amorim given stark international break warning as Levy, Marinakis and Watford plant seed in Ratcliffe\u2019s mind<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/opinion-amorim-sack-justified-man-utd-relegation-three-reasons-expose-glaring-weakness\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Man Utd in relegation zone on three key metrics as glaring weakness under Ruben Amorim exposed\u2026<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/man-utd-two-reasons-amorim-more-time-ferdinand-bemoans-luck\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Two reasons why Man Utd need to give Ruben Amorim \u2018more time\u2019 as Rio Ferdinand bemoans \u2018luck\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But transfer expert Romano has dismissed that anything \u201cconcrete\u201d has yet been decide over the Man Utd midfielder\u2019s future.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.givemesport.com\/bruno-fernandes-transfer-news-man-utd-saudi-arabia\/\" target=\"_blank\">Romano told GiveMeSport<\/a>: \u201cNothing at all at the moment. His full focus is on United. A new deal was signed one year ago, so nothing concrete has happened at this stage. The Saudis remain interested as they\u2019ve been for the last three years, but there\u2019s nothing else now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Another transfer journalist, Ben Jacobs, has insisted that Fernandes is \u2018unlikely to leave Manchester United mid-season\u2019 but that he \u2018remains on the radar of Saudi clubs\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/3625936\/bruno-fernandes-next-club-manchester-united-transfer-rumours\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jacobs wrote on talkSPORT<\/a>: \u2018talkSPORT understands Fernandes\u2019 position hasn\u2019t changed and leaving\u00a0Manchester United\u00a0six months before what could prove his final World Cup with Portugal is not in his current plans.\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist continued: \u2018Al-Hilal sources deny they ever placed a formal \u00a3100m bid, although it is acknowledged by sources that is a ballpark they were willing to offer had Fernandes given a green light.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/amorim-sack-man-united-crisis-purgatory\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Man United isn\u2019t just a CRISIS club \u2013 it\u2019s a CRISIS club in CRISIS purgatory with no means of escape<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano has insisted that there is \u201cnothing concrete\u201d in rumours that Man Utd captain Bruno Fernandes will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[20608,18,5277,794,19,17,20,5,795,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-110479","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-bruno-fernandes","9":"tag-eire","10":"tag-fabrizio-romano","11":"tag-home-page","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-manchester-united","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}