Fabrizio Romano reveals Man City in "advanced conversations" with Man Utd & Chelsea target's agents | OneFootball

Fabrizio Romano has an interesting transfer update on Manchester City’s pursuit of Elliot Anderson, with talks clearly quite advanced.

Although Romano is stressing that nothing has been completed yet, it sounds very much like Man City are currently in pole position to land Anderson this summer.

However, speaking on his YouTube channel, Romano also mentioned that Manchester United still remain very attentive to the Nottingham Forest midfielder’s situation.

This is similar to what BBC Sport have also reported on Anderson’s future, while Chelsea are also understood to be keen on the England international as a potential replacement for Enzo Fernandez, as we exclusively reported.

Fabrizio Romano provides details on Elliot Anderson transfer saga

Discussing the latest on Anderson’s future, Romano explained how MCFC have moved to an advanced stage of their talks with the player’s representatives.

Man Utd fans will be interested to hear, however, that they don’t seem to be entirely out of the race just yet.

“Man City are pushing to sign Elliot Anderson. They are in advanced talks with his agents in advanced conversations in terms of … just asking about the situation of the player,” Romano said.

“So nothing has been agreed, nothing has been done, nothing has been completed but I mean advanced conversations about inquiring for the player.”

He added: “So Man City have been clear. They see Elliot Anderson as a target. Again, we are not yet at the stage of personal terms agreed. We are not yet at the stage of deal done. We are not yet at the stage of deal final stages, but for sure Manchester City confirmed their interest to those close to Anderson.

“Manchester United are attentive to the situation as well. Man United love the player, but at the moment Man City are pushing because in midfield Man City will be very busy as well.”

Elliot Anderson transfer destination – who should he choose?

At the moment it sounds like it’ll either be City or United for Anderson, even if Chelsea also cannot be entirely ruled out.

As we previously reported, the Blues are big admirers of the 23-year-old but are expected to already be slightly behind the two Manchester clubs in terms of legwork done on this deal.

On the face of it, City looks like comfortably the best move for Anderson, who could have a key role there as a long-term successor to Rodri.

He’d also be joining a winning project at the Etihad Stadium, even if this season hasn’t yet gone entirely to plan for Pep Guardiola’s side.

There aren’t the same guarantees at United or Chelsea, who have been in and out of the top four in recent years and chopped and changed managers several times.

City would surely be the more stable environment, though Anderson will also surely keep an open mind as MUFC and CFC are also two massive clubs.