Manchester United are interested in a deal to sign Atalanta midfielder Ederson this summer, and there is a desire to get a deal done quickly before the World Cup.
The Red Devils have been linked with a move for the Brazil international in the last couple of transfer windows, and David Ornstein has revealed the player is finally expected to move this summer with just a year remaining on his contract.
Atalanta midfielder Ederson
The Athletic reporter, speaking in a fan question and answers session, said he expects this summer's World Cup to delay a lot of business until later in the window.
However, Manchester United, Arsenal and Atletico Madrid all want to sign Ederson, and they want to get a deal done quickly ahead of the tournament.
His agent is already holding talks with the interested parties, but those suitors are currently hoping to do a deal around the £35m mark, about £9m shy of the £44m (€50m) Atalanta are asking for.
Ederson Serie A stats 205/26
25 appearances
1 goal
2 tackles per game
1.2 shots per game
0.8 key passes per game
Carrick still fuming at refereeing decisions
Michael Carrick has been “massively disappointed” with some recent refereeing decisions that have left Manchester United without Harry Maguire and Lisandro Martinez for the key trip to Chelsea.
The third-placed Red Devils are well positioned to return to European football’s top table given the Premier League’s top five qualify for next season’s Champions League.
United boast a seven-point gap over sixth-placed Chelsea ahead of Saturday evening’s meeting at Stamford Bridge, where bans to Maguire and Martinez compound fellow centre-back Matthijs de Ligt’s long-term absence.
Man United's Lisandro Martinez
Martinez was sent off in Monday’s 2-1 home defeat to rivals Leeds – a match Maguire missed after seeing red at Bournemouth, where his reaction led to the Football Association this week dishing out an additional one-game ban.
United boss Carrick said: “To be honest, there’s not much we can react to. Massively disappointed, of course.
“I think I’ve had a few reasons to be disappointed in a big way over those type of situations over the last couple of weeks or three weeks.
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“But obviously now we’ve got to move on. The decisions have been made, it’s something that we’re really disappointed with in many ways, but that’s it now. We’ve got to move on and we will do.”