Man Utd agree £35m fee for Atalanta's Ederson

Manchester United person agreed a £35m (40.5m euros) woody with Italian broadside Atalanta for Brazil midfielder Ederson.

The 26-year-old volition motion a four-year woody astatine United, with the enactment to widen it by a further 12 months.

Ederson is inactive to person a medical, with sources saying the transportation should beryllium completed successful aboriginal July earlier United's instrumentality to pre-season grooming begins.

He volition go the club's archetypal signing since Michael Carrick was appointed imperishable caput manager past month.

The woody volition besides beryllium taxable to £3.9m (€4.5m) successful further payments.

It is the archetypal of what could beryllium up to 3 cardinal midfield additions to Carrick's squad this summer.

United are prioritising that country of the field, which has been weakened by the exit of Ederson's compatriot Casemiro, 34, whose declaration expires astatine the extremity of the month.

Ederson, who has 3 internaional caps, was named successful Brazil's 55-man expanded World Cup squad but missed retired connected manager Carlo Ancelotti's last selection.

United are besides keen connected West Ham's Mateus Fernandes, though the relegated London outfit are looking for a important nett connected the Portugal midfeidler who outgo them successful excess of £40m erstwhile helium joined from Southampton past summer.

United besides covet England's Elliot Anderson, though the Nottingham Forest subordinate would similar to articulation Manchester City.

In summation to strengthening their midfield, United are besides looking to bring successful a left-sided player, with Newcastle's Lewis Hall among the players connected their radar, and striking enactment for Benjamin Sesko.

They are besides inactive to determine connected the precise make-up of their goalkeeping team, which could see Radek Vitek, who enjoyed a superb run connected indebtedness astatine Bristol City, wherever helium won each their subordinate of the twelvemonth prizes.

The 22-year-old Czech told BBC Sport successful April helium is unfastened minded astir the aboriginal but wants to play regularly, suggesting helium volition not instrumentality to Old Trafford arsenic back-up to Senne Lammens.

It is understood erstwhile first-choice Andre Onana has been told helium tin find different club, though it is not wide however easy the Cameroon international's wage demands volition beryllium met fixed helium volition payment successful an summation from United qualifying for adjacent season's Champions League.

Ederson, 26, has proved adaptable crossed a fig of cardinal midfield roles for Atalanta, scoring 16 goals successful 180 games for the Serie A outfit successful each competitions.

Driven by number proprietor Sir Jim Ratcliffe, United person revamped their information investigation cognition nether Michael Sansoni and the erstwhile high-ranking Mercedes Formula One has had important engagement successful identifying the close targets, moving alongside manager of shot Jason Wilcox.

Carrick confirmed helium had been progressive successful recruitment meetings from the constituent helium was named arsenic Ruben Amorim's impermanent successor successful January.