Manchester United are said to be advancing in talks to allow Jadon Sancho to leave on loan to Borussia Dortmund.

The attacker has been exiled from first-team activities since accusing Erik ten Hag of lying about why he was dropped from the squad to take on Arsenal on September 3. He has not played since August as a result of refusing to apologize.

Donny van de Beek has already left on loan to Frankfurt while United could allow more players to leave temporarily. One of those is academy youngster Dan Gore, who made his senior debut in September.

Meanwhile, Sir Jim Ratcliffe has paid his first visit to Old Trafford since his 25 percent stake investment was given the green light by the Glazers. He met several club chiefs and is set to hold many further meetings in the coming weeks ahead of a boardroom shake-up.