Elliot Anderson transfer latest: Man City, Man United given fresh hope in pursuit of Nottingham Forest star

Vitor Pereira has refused to regularisation retired the anticipation of Elliot Anderson leaving Nottingham Forest this summertime amid reported involvement from Manchester City and Manchester United.

Anderson’s banal has risen sharply since joining Forest from Newcastle for £35m successful July 2024 and helium has been a standout performer for the Tricky Trees passim this season.

The 23-year-old has played successful each 36 of Forest’s Premier League games this play and helium ranks archetypal among players successful the part for full touches (3,064), shot recoveries 281, possession won (276), crushed duels won (270) and line-breaking passes (246).

Anderson scored an 88th-minute equaliser and his 4th league extremity of the play against his erstwhile nine Newcastle successful a 1-1 gully at the City Ground connected Sunday.

Forest’s No.8 performed admirably and demonstrated the spot of his quality conscionable a mates of days aft the ceremonial of his mother, and helium celebrated his extremity with a love-heart manus motion pointed to the sky.

Anderson “deserves the apical of the world”, says Pereira

Anderson inactive has much than 3 years remaining connected his declaration astatine the City Ground, but the England planetary has been heavy linked with an exit either earlier oregon aft the 2026 World Cup.

Man City are believed to beryllium successful rod presumption to motion Anderson this summer, with rivals Man United said to beryllium reluctant to participate a bidding war for a subordinate valued successful excess of £100m.

After Sunday’s gully with Newcastle, Forest caput manager Pereira was asked astir Anderson’s authorities of caput aft a hard play successful his beingness and whether a departure could materialise successful the summer.

The Portuguese told reporters: “It’s hard for me, and everybody, to recognize what helium is feeling wrong of him.

“I judge that helium is honouring his mother, going wrong the transportation and moving until the past metre, until the past breath.

“I cannot accidental (whether helium volition stay), I don’t person the answer. I cognize helium deserves the apical of the world.”

Pereira continued: “I cognize that he’s our player, and we request to bask him due to the fact that I person worked with the apical endowment players, but to find a apical subordinate with this quality is not easy.

“I’m not reasoning astir the adjacent season. I’m reasoning astir finishing this play successful the champion presumption that we can.

“In the warm-up, my assistants, they said to me, ‘Elliot is connected occurrence today’. Every clip that helium changeable connected goal, helium scored.

“He had the ceremonial of his parent 2 days ago, I didn’t talk with him, but I judge that helium wants to honour his parent with a goal.

“I judge that’s wherefore helium tried until the past infinitesimal to people a goal, due to the fact that this is the mode that helium recovered to spell connected the transportation and to springiness everything to play for.”

Forest person avoided relegation from the Premier League pursuing their gully with Newcastle and West Ham United’s decision to Arsenal, but it remains to beryllium seen whether that volition person immoderate bearing connected Anderson’s aboriginal astatine the club.