Borussia Dortmund confirmed on Thursday that they have agreed a £73 million ($100.7m) deal in principle with Manchester United for their attacking midfielder Jadon Sancho.
Sancho, currently away with England at Euro 2020, has yet to have a medical or agree personal terms but is expected to sign a five-year contract at Old Trafford.
The 21-year-old will become the second most expensive English footballer when he joins United, who signed Harry Maguire two years ago from Leicester for £80m.
“The contractual details now have to be coordinated and completed,” Dortmund said in their statement. “Moreover, the formal processing of the transfer is still subject to the successful completion of all necessary medical tests and examinations.”
Manchester City are due 15 per cent of the profit Dortmund will make on Sancho, who joined the Bundesliga club from the Blues for £10m four years ago, and are set to receive a payday of around £9.5m.
After failing to meet Dortmund's £100m asking price last year, United have been in protracted negotiations since the end of the season in a bid to tie up the transfer.
The Premier League club's initial £67m offer was rejected but they improved the bid sufficiently to convince Dortmund to sell, albeit at a lower price than they wanted 12 months ago due to the financial fallout from the coronavirus pandemic.
In the gallery above, we take a look at where the move leaves Sancho in United's all-time most expensive signings.
United's 15 club record transfers
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£1.25m - Garry Birtles (striker) from Nottingham Forest in October 1980. Went on to play 64 games, scoring 12 goals. Getty -
£1.5m - Bryan Robson (midfielder) from West bromwich Albion in October 1981. Went on to play 461 games, scoring 99 goals. -
£1.8m - Mark Hughes (striker) from Barcelona in June 1988. Went on to play 352 games, scoring 116 goals in his second spell at the club. Allsport -
£3.75m - Roy Keane (midfielder) from Nottingham Forest in August 1993. Went on to play 480 games, scoring 51 goals. Getty -
£2.3m - Gary Pallister (defender) from Middlesbrough in August 1989. Went on to play 437 games, scoring 15 goals. Getty -
£7m - Andy Cole (striker) from Newcastle United in January 1995. Went on to play 275 games, scoring 121 goals. Allsport -
£10.75m - Jaap Stam (defender) from PSV Eindhoven in July 1998. Went on to play 127 games, scoring one goal. Allsport -
£12.6m - Dwight Yorke (striker) from Aston Villa in August 1998. Went on to play 152 games, scoring 65 goals. Allsport -
£19m - Ruud Van Nistelrooy (striker) from PSV Eindhoven in June 2001. Went on to play 219 games, scoring 150 goals. Getty -
£28.1m - Juan Sebastian Veron (striker) from Lazio in July 2001. Went on to play 82 games, scoring 11 goals. Getty -
£29.3m - Rio Ferdinand (defender) from Leeds United in July 2001. Went on to play 455 games, scoring eight goals. Getty -
£30.75m Dimitar Berbatov (striker) from Tottenham Hotspur in September 2008. Went on to play 149 games, scoring 56 goals. -
£37.1m - Juan Mata (midfielder) from Chelsea in January 2014. Has played 273 games, scoring 51 goals. Allsport -
£59.7m - Angel Di Maria (midfielder) from Real Madrid in August 2014. Went on to play 32 games scoring four goals. Getty -
£89.3m - Paul Pogba (midfielder) from Juventus in August 2016. Has played 199 games, scoring 38 goals. Reuters
