Titus deal closer

By Matthew Jones
July 4 2002

Titus Bramble has agreed terms over his delayed move to United from Ipswich Town and the transfer is expected to be confirmed early on in the near future - maybe as soon as next week.

Titus Bramble has agreed terms over his delayed move to United from Ipswich Town and the transfer is expected to be confirmed early on in the near future - maybe as soon as next week.

England's Under-21 international Titus Bramble and his representatives have been in talks with Newcastle Uinted since late last week when Ipswich agreed a transfer fee, believed to be an initial £5 million with add-ons which could eventually take it up to £6 million.

And they have now agreed personal terms, meaning the only thing delaying the transfer is Newcastle's insistence that he has fully recovered from a summer operation on a heel injury.

Sir Bobby Robson put the deal on ice so that the club's medical team could monitor the 20-year-old's progress, but with Bramble expected to receive a clean bill of health the deal could go through within a matter of days - rather than weeks as was first suggested.