Newcastle United will need to smash their transfer record to bring Elliot Anderson back to the club next summer.
Geordie Boot Boys understands that Newcastle United want to re-sign Anderson, having reluctantly sold him to Nottingham Forest in the summer of 2024.
Anderson has developed into a leading Premier League midfielder since leaving his boyhood club and now looks like a key player in Thomas Tuchel’s England set-up.
The Newcastle United academy graduate signed a five-year deal at the City Ground after leaving St James’ Park and has also been linked with Manchester United.
Now, there has been a fresh update on the 22-year-old’s long-term future.
Elliot Anderson challenges Sandro Tonali during Newcastle United vs Nottingham Forest in the Premier League.
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Nottingham Forest want between £100-£120m for Elliot Anderson
Indeed, according to noted transfer expert Florian Plettenberg on social media platform X, Forest are currently demanding between £100-£120million for the midfielder.
Several top clubs are understood to be monitoring his situation at Forest, who have struggled after a fine season last time out.
Both Newcastle and Man United are said to have registered their interest, which Forest are aware of.
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Manchester United and Newcastle are just two of many top clubs closely monitoring Elliot #Anderson. Their interest has already been registered. #MUFC
Forest are aware. Key player. Understand for a transfer in the summer, a fee of around £100–120 million is currently being… pic.twitter.com/Tys3PVUHbe
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) October 27, 2025
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Elliot Anderson could become Newcastle United’s next Alan Shearer
Paying such a huge fee would break Newcastle United’s transfer record. Nick Woltemade is currently the most expensive player in the club’s history after joining the club from Stuttgart for a fee that could reach £69million.
It remains to be seen if Newcastle go that high for Anderson but it’s the kind of situation the club have been in before.
While they didn’t sell Alan Shearer as a youngster, the club did not sign perhaps the greatest player the city has ever produced during the early stages of his career.
Instead, they had to watch him develop at Southampton and thrive at Blackburn before breaking the world transfer record to sign him themselves in 1996.
While not a direct repeat of the Shearer situation, breaking spending records to bring a hometown hero back to the club is hardly unfamiliar territory for Newcastle United…