Overview

• Roma’s bid is reportedly structured as an initial loan with an obligation to buy for a total fee of around €23m (£20m).
• The main barrier to completion is Sancho’s wage demand, as Roma want him to accept a multi-year deal that cuts his pay by about two-thirds at the start.
• Sancho has been excluded from Manchester United’s first-team pre-season training, lacks a squad number and has one year remaining on his contract with an option for a further year.
• Selling him at this price would lock in a loss of roughly £53m on the £73m United paid in 2021, a deficit the club has signaled it is prepared to accept to free up resources.
• Though Juventus, Beşiktaş and Fenerbahçe have been linked, Roma remain the frontrunners pending Sancho’s agreement to their proposed terms.