Liverpool-Nottingham on Saturday for the 12th day of the Premier League will perhaps have a special flavor for Elliot Anderson, the Forest midfielder. Because the England international is clearly being courted by the Reds with a view to the next summer transfer window. And they are not the only ones who want to steal the one who is considered the best midfielder in the Premier League. As explained The TimesManchester United and Newcastle United are also very hot, while the player’s price has soared and exceeds €100 million.
Anderson’s career took on a new dimension on September 6, 2025, when he made his first cap with the English selection. Launched into the deep end by Thomas Tuchel, it is considered, 3 meetings later, as a must-have for the Three Lions. A modern box-to-box midfielder, both full of energy and technical mastery, he has established himself as an essential England jersey and wowed all the scouts.
Newcastle are still biting their fingers
Those who are biting their fingers at this advent are clearly the Magpies. Because Anderson is a local kid, a fan of Newcastle, who was starting to make his mark, during the 2022-2023 and 2023-2024 seasons. And then he was sold to Nottingham Forest, on the altar of English financial fair play (the PSR), for €40 million, to the great dismay of Eddie Howe. It was necessary to balance the accounts, and it was Anderson, who had no intention of leaving, who was sacrificed, in an improbable micmac.
As we told you at the time, that same summer, Nottingham also did business with Newcastle for goalkeeper Odysseas Vlachodimos, sold for €24 million to the Magpies who clearly did not need him. Always with a view to balancing the accounts. In the end, Nottingham recovered a future international while Vlachodimos did not play with the Magpies and was loaned this summer to Sevilla FC. Newcastle would like to recover their nugget, but it will cost them dearly. And the competition is tougher than ever.
