Red Devils will pay flop Jadon Sancho £100k-a-week during Dortmund loan

Manchester United will have to pay up to £100,000-a-week towards Jadon Sancho’s wages to push through his return to Borussia Dortmund.

Talks between the two clubs are progressing over a loan deal that will see Sancho end his United misery by rejoining Dortmund on loan until the end of the season.

The final sticking point is understood to be Sancho’s £290,000-a-week salary which is well above Dortmund’s pay ceiling. The Bundesliga club are insisting that United contribute a third of the cost, Confidential understands.

Old Trafford sources won’t comment on the specifics of the deal but confirm that a large majority of Sancho’s wages will be covered by Dortmund, and additional payments are built into the deal based on the 23-year-old’s appearances and the Germans qualifying for the Champions League. It’s understood there will be no obligation to buy the player at the end of the season.

United will certainly view paying a portion of Sancho’s wages and putting him in the shop window as preferable to footing the whole bill while he trains and eats on his own at Carrington, which has been the case since he made the last of his three appearances this season in late August following a public fall-out with manager Erik ten Hag.

The winger’s refusal to apologise looks likely to spell the end of a hugely disappointing spell at Old Trafford, which began with a £73million move from Dortmund in the summer of 2021.

Although United will be paying Sancho around £2.5m to play elsewhere, the club will save up to £5m on his salary between now and the end of June as they continue to drive down the wage bill to help meet Financial Fair Play requirements.

Eintracht Frankfurt are also covering the majority of Donny van de Beek’s wages following his