Atalanta have Ederson on Manchester United’s target list and could bring him to the Premier League in the summer.

The midfielder joined the Serie A team from Salernitana in 2022 and has established himself at his current club.

He was a key part of La Dea’s team that won the Europa League and Coppa Italia during the 2023/24 season.

However, the 26-year-old’s form has clearly declined compared to last season in the league.

He has scored four goals and one assist in 37 appearances and scored one goal in 21 appearances this season. The table below contains his statistics from previous seasons. [first] And then per game from this season.

• Expected target: 4.07 – 3.04
• Expected Support: 4.83 – 1.17
• Big chances are created: 6 – 2
• Dribbled past: 0-3 – 0.7
• Successful dribbles: 0.6 – 0.4
• Ground duel won: 53.8% – 52.9%
• Aerial duel won: 60% – 40.4%

The Brazil international’s tackles per game have increased from 0.9 to 1.4 this season and possession lost has decreased from 10.3 to 8.1.

These stats indicate a decline in Ederson’s form in attack And defending. However, this doesn’t seem to have affected players like Manchester United Atletico Madrid.

Manchester United in transfer battle

is according to TuttoMercatoWebWho cover the latest on the Red Devils and the La Liga side.

Diego Simeone tried to sign him in the winter market. His The agent, Andre Curie, said It was said in November that a sale for €30–40 million might be possible in January, but the move never took shape.

Atletico are still keen to sign the South American and have to be wary of Manchester United. This is because the Premier League side have emerged as strong contenders in the race to sign Ederson in the summer.

In short, there could be an auction, in which Manchester United and Atletico will fight for his signature.

Last year, the Italian club had set a price tag of €60-70m and now the starting price is just €30m. In other words, it has declined by 50% and the report claims that it may decline further. His contract expires in 2027, adding to the downward pressure transfer market He is worth €40 million.

Midfielder priority for Manchester United

Michael Carrick now has Casemiro, Coby Manu, Manuel Ugarte and Mason Mount as midfielders.

Mount has struggled with regular injuries since arriving at Old Trafford from Chelsea in July 2023. Since then, he has played 2,624 minutes in 66 matches in all competitions.

Casemiro has announced his decision to leave when his contract expires in June. Ugarte, on the other hand, has not been a regular and could push for a move on after this season.

Therefore, Manchester United should prioritize signing more than one midfielder, given that they will have more fixtures next season with the return to Europe.

🇺🇾 Manuel Ugarte | Manchester United midfielder addresses lack of playing time

➡️ Doesn’t believe lack of minutes will hurt the World Cup
➡️ Eyes are on Uruguay and giving everything
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– Sports Witness (@Sport_Witness) 13 March 2026

Everything Michael Jordan touches turns to gold, even beyond his playing years. Their NASCAR team is off to a historic start, which is just one example of this.

This dynamic was evident at a recent auction, where his historic first cover on Sports Illustrated sold for a record $229,360, according to Black Enterprise’s Cedric ‘Big CED’ Thornton.

This cover is from 1983 when Jordan was at the University of North Carolina. This includes him and his Carolina teammate Sam Perkins. Ultimately, the record sale came through a Goldin auction.

The sale surpassed the previous record set by another Sports Illustrated cover featuring Jordan in 1984, which sold for $126,000 in 2023.

$229,360: Record sale of Michael Jordan’s first Sports Illustrated cover, grade 9.6 @PSAcardThrough @goldinco.

The result is the highest ever for any rated magazine and the highest for any magazine or comic held by PSA.

PSA began grading the category last July. pic.twitter.com/6CPFK7TqpU

– Ben Burrows (@BenMBurrows) 8 March 2026

Furthermore, the auction described the cover as a launch pad for everything else.

“Before Jordan’s 1984-85 Star rookie cards. Before his 1986-87 Flyer RCs. Before his “Star Is Born” debut SI cover in a Bulls uniform. Yes, before any of those iconic MJ masterpieces, when His Airness still wore Converse at UNC, there was this Sports Illustrated issue, with this “No. 1″ cover, which featured Jordan Marked the beginning of the billion-dollar business of collectibles.”

In 1983, North Carolina began the season as the No. 1-ranked team in the country. Last year, they won the NCAA Championship 63–62 over Georgetown, culminating in Jordan’s winning basket in the final seconds of the game.

Subsequently, Jordan became College Player of the Year twice in 1983 and 1984. Although he never won another national championship, Jordan left his mark on Chapel Hill.

In 1984, he declared for the NBA draft and won a gold medal at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. That year, the Bulls drafted him as the third pick in one of the most consequential drafts in NBA history.

Michael Jordan parted ways with Sports Illustrated in 1994

In 1994, Jordan was playing minor league baseball. At the time, many criticized his decision to step away from basketball at the peak of his career and try a sport he had not played since adolescence.

One of them was Sports Illustrated.

The breaking point was their March 1994 cover story titled “Bag It, Michael”, written by Steve Wolf. Essentially, Wolf said that Jordan and the Birmingham Barons were disrespecting the game.

From that moment on, Jordan never spoke to Sports Illustrated.