Report Ederson targeted by Manchester City as Anderson alternative

Originally posted on Football Italia | By Susy Campanale | Last updated Dec 1, 2025 12:40 PM ET

There are reports that Manchester City are the latest club to set their sights on Atalanta midfielder Ederson, seeing him as the first alternative to Nottingham Forest’s Elliot Anderson.

Ederson is only under contract in Bergamo until June 2027, making him a particularly appetising prospect on the transfer market next summer.

He has already been heavily linked with Liverpool, Barcelona, Juventus, Inter, Chelsea and Manchester United.

Ederson wanted in the Premier League

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 26: Ederson of Atalanta BC celebrates scoring his team’s second goal during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Phase MD5 match between Eintracht Frankfurt and Atalanta BC at Frankfurt Stadion on November 26, 2025 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. (Photo by Alex Grimm/Getty Images)

Now Sky Sports Switzerland claim that Manchester City put the Brazil international on their list too, albeit as an alternative to their primary target.

That would be Anderson, who is currently impressing at Nottingham Forest, to the degree that the asking price for him is pushing £100m.

Atalanta had been looking for €60m to sell Ederson, but that may well drop this summer if there is no agreement over a new contract.

His agent has already been giving interviews where he drops hints about an exit and openly suggested Barcelona should bid for the 26-year-old.

He was purchased from Salernitana in January 2022 for €22.9m, having arrived from Corinthians just six months earlier at a cost of €6.5m, so his transfer value soared exponentially.

This article first appeared on Football Italia and was syndicated with permission.

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