Manchester City Set to break Premier League record and complete €150m deal nottingham forestElliot Anderson.
This is according to SportbildJoe reports on the 23-year-old today. According to his information, the deal for the midfielder is moving forward.
€150m deal set to be completed
They report that the Nottingham Forest star is on course to become the Premier League's record signing this summer.
According to Sportbild, Manchester City will pay around €150m for Elliot Anderson this summer. That would surpass Liverpool's €145m deal for Alexander Isak last summer.
Nottingham Forest director George Sirianos has consistently pushed for record fees. He knows Anderson is not only a star in the Premier League, but also a key player for Thomas Tuchel and England at the World Cup.
This means that he will have to pay huge fees. They have so far rejected offers of €140m for the 23-year-old. For that courage he will be awarded an additional €10m on top of that. In fact, it's likely that this information comes from him or at least his team.
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Sirianos and Nottingham Forest may be celebrating a record deal. They paid Newcastle €41.2m for Elliot Anderson two summers ago as both sides looked to navigate around the PSR.
This deal has proved to be extremely profitable. Anderson has not only become a key player under different managers, and progressed into the England first team, but he is also now set to fetch almost four times his cost.
The focus now will be on arranging a replacement with the money they have brought. Meanwhile, Anderson will have to focus on the World Cup before establishing himself at the Etihad under Enzo Maresca's new regime.
With a summer likely to be filled with big transfers across the board, he could set a new record for starts that is unlikely to be broken.
