Man Utd podcast: Ederson transfer 'makes sense'
BBC Radio Manchester's Joe McGrath and Jay Motty from The Stretford Paddock gave their thoughts on the expected arrival of midfielder Ederson.The Red Devils agreed a £35m (40.5m euros) deal with Atalanta earlier this month.Ederson, who has three international caps, was named in Brazil's 55-man expanded World Cup squad but initially missed out on the final selection.Motty told The Devils' Advocate podcast: "I think it makes sense from a Manchester United point of view. We can't buy three or four £75m-£80m midfielders and we need at least three midfielders so you would expect one of them to be less than £40m or around £40m which this lad is."We've spoken to a few people who have watched more of Atalanta than I have and he seems like he is a decent midfielder. Someone said he is like the good bits of Fred."During his time at Atalanta, Ederson has adapted across a number of central midfield roles, scoring 16 goals in 180 games for the Serie A side in all competitions."He wasn't called up to Carlo Ancelotti's squad, [but] has now got a call up because Wesley got injured so we might get to see a bit of him in the World Cup which is a bit of a bonus. Hopefully that won't bump up the price," said Motty."He's out of contract in a year's time so don't expect the fee to go up. It's a solid signing that makes sense. You wouldn't want him to him to be your only midfielder but I don't think he will be."
