Andrey Santos joins Manchester United: official signing from Chelsea

Manchester United have made official the signing of Andrey Santos from Chelsea: Calciomercato.com reports a deal worth around €48 million. Sky Sport confirms the transfer is official, describing it as a purchase of over €50 million.

The announcement came on Monday 13 July. In the afternoon Calciomercato.com wrote that «Andrey Santos is officially a new Manchester United player», specifying that the Brazilian arrives from Chelsea for a fee of around €48 million.

In the evening confirmation also arrived from Sky Sport, which headlined the official nature of the move but spoke of a deal «worth over €50 million». The two sources agree on the outcome — a completed, official transfer — while reporting a slightly different valuation of the Red Devils' outlay.

The signing comes on a busy day for Manchester United's transfer business. Also on Monday, and again according to Calciomercato.com, the Red Devils had accelerated for Youri Tielemans too, with a «here we go» tied to the activation of the release clause the Belgian held with Aston Villa.

As things stand, the Santos operation is to be considered complete: both sources record it as a done, official deal, with the midfielder leaving Stamford Bridge for Old Trafford.

The formal details not disclosed by the sources remain to be clarified, from the length of the contract to the precise structure of the deal. On the financial side, the reference remains the range indicated by the two outlets: around €48 million according to Calciomercato.com, over €50 million according to Sky Sport.

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