Man Utd are still favourites to sign Jadon Sancho from Borussia Dortmund this summer but are playing hardball over the fee.
Dortmund want £100m for the English winger but United are only prepared to pay half that.
With only two years left in his contract, the German club need to sell him this summer if they are to get the true value of the player but are going to need to drop the asking price if a deal is to be struck and it is believed that United may be prepared to go up to £85m at a push.