MANCHESTER UNITED bigwigs will discuss a £12MILLION pay-off with Anthony Martial to help grease the wheels of a summer move.
The French forward has been on loan at Sevilla in LaLiga since January.
Despite a dip in form and currently being injured, the Spanish side have not ruled out a permanent deal for the 26-year-old.
Martial’s £240,000-a-week wages are beyond them and other interested clubs and United know they must reach a compromise if they want him off the books.
The Red Devils have been paying 60 per cent of his wages during his stay in southern Spain and the remaining two years on his contract would cost them the thick end of £25m.
Martial is as keen to leave Old Trafford as they are to get him off the wage bill and knows he holds all the aces.
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Now United chiefs hope he will agree to accept around half of his remaining terms, in order to get out of Manchester.
Sevilla sporting director Monchi recently opened the door to a permanent move for the forward.
He told Radio Sevilla: “His transfer was cheaper than you think, but it’s still a big bet, just six or seven million,’
“Unfortunately, it is difficult to analyse Martial’s performance when he was injured and now he is injured again.
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“I’m not closing the door on his continuity although there’s a lot to see and discuss with the player at the end of the season.”
United are braced for a mass squad overhaul when new boss Erik ten Hag arrives from Ajax in the summer.
Out of contract stars Paul Pogba, Jesse Lingard, Edinson Cavani, Nemanja Matic, Juan Mata and Lee Grant could be first to go.
