Manchester United will thrust ahead with their transfer to sign Jadon Sancho after confirming their place in subsequent season’s Champions League, resources have told ESPN.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s aspect won 2- at Leicester on the remaining working day to receive a third-spot finish and the Norwegian has currently produced his circumstance to club chiefs to improve the squad forward of strategies in the Premier League and in Europe subsequent season.

Sancho stays United’s major summer target and executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward and chief negotiator Matt Choose will now set about agreeing a charge with Borussia Dortmund.

The Bundesliga side have so much caught rigidly to their valuation of £118 million but United are hopeful of achieving a compromise of £80m in addition a series of achievable add-ons.

Sancho has two a long time still left on the deal he signed in Oct 2018 and Dortmund are beneath no pressure to sell but they have been made knowledgeable by the 20-year-old’s associates that he would like to pursue a new challenge and is keen to shift to Previous Trafford.

Liverpool and Authentic Madrid have both equally proven tentative curiosity but resources have explained to ESPN that they are not in a position to bid this summer.

Chelsea have privately ruled out a transfer after signing Hakim Ziyech and Timo Werner whilst Bayern Munich have already strengthened their forward line with Leroy Sane.

Previous club Manchester City have the correct to match any bid acknowledged by Dortmund but do not have a acquire-back clause.

It leaves United as the frontrunners to indicator Sancho if they can agree a fee. Solskjaer’s transfer spending budget will be enhanced just after qualifying for the Champions League and sizeable resources will be available regardless of the monetary implications of the coronavirus pandemic.

Bayern Munich winger Kingsley Coman is on United’s listing of alternatives if they are unable to protected a deal for Sancho, resources advised ESPN on Sunday.