Manchester United are refusing to pay more than £50million for Borussia Dortmund winger, Jadon Sancho after the club have been linked with a move for the England international.
The German club are demanding a fee in excess of £100million for the England international, but United are not willing to bid any more than half of that asking price, according to Sky Sports.
Their stance is likely to see them miss out on Jadon Sancho, unless the winger remains with Dortmund this summer and moves at a later date.
According to Dailymail, the clubs remain significantly far apart in their valuation of Sancho, who has 20 goals and 19 assists in all competitions this season.
On Monday, Dortmund informed the German stock market that matches being played behind closed doors will lead to losses of £41million.
That could offer United a sign of encouragement that the club may look to offload top stars at a cut price
The transfer window opens next month but it seems unlikely that Dortmund will be willing to reduce their demands for Sancho by more than half.
Jadon Sancho joined the club for just £8m from Manchester City back in 2017 and has since gone on to become one of the team’s top performers.
Dortmund are looking for a huge profit and a return to the Premier League seemed likely but United’s firm stance has now cast significant doubt over the potential transfer.
United have been seen as front-runners for Jadon Sancho in recent months and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was asked on Monday by Norwegian TV channel Viaplay about the chances of signing someone from Dortmund.
He replied with a grin: ‘I’m good at math, but I can’t answer that question. There are many good footballers on many teams.’
He added: ‘We’ve [him & the owners] had a good dialogue the entire time, and we’ve had a plan for it since I signed in March [2019].
‘The three months of lockdown and for how long we’ll have to play in front of empty stands, if we’ll play in the Champions League next season.
‘There are many things like that which will be factors in terms of what we can do when the season is over.’
And Dortmund chief Hans-Joachim Watzke is confident Sancho will stay after telling German television channel Sport1 that he will be too expensive in this current climate.
He said: ‘If Jadon approaches us and says he wants to leave no matter what, which did not happen until now, and a club wants to spend what we demand, we will discuss it.
‘But I don’t think there will be a club that pays the fee we want.,’ Dailymail had reported.