* **Manchester City** have identified **Elliot Anderson** as their clear number one priority transfer target this summer.
* Those at the Etihad Stadium had an opening bid in the region of £80 million rejected by **Evangelos Marinakis** and Forest.
* A second bid via a verbal proposal has now landed **exceeding £120 million** in total.
**Hugo Viana and Manchester City have launched a second proposal to Nottingham Forest for Elliot Anderson, it has been revealed.**
Now, according to [MailSport’s Jack Gaughan and Tom Collomosse](https://x.com/TomCollomosse/status/2064778376426979417?s=20), Manchester City have made a second bid for Elliot Anderson worth £106 million plus a further £15 million in bonuses, with Nottingham Forest looking for £110 million before bonuses.
Should the proposal be accepted by those at the City Ground, the England international midfielder would set a new record transfer fee for a British player.
Additional reporting from [The Athletic’s David Ornstein](https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7335332/2026/06/10/elliot-anderson-transfer-manchester-city-forest/) states that in order to consider a sale of Anderson, Nottingham Forest want the fixed fee to exceed the current £125 million British record Liverpool paid Newcastle for Alexander Isak last summer.
**This is a developing story. More to follow.**