Jesse Lingard is on the brink of joining West Ham on loan for the rest of the season after a breakthrough in negotiations, Goal understands.
The attacking midfielder has fallen down the pecking order at Old Trafford and while Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was keen to keep Lingard at the club to boost his squad in what is expected to be a busy second half of the season, he reluctantly agreed to let the 28-year-old head out on loan for the remainder of the campaign.
Goal understands negotiations have been complicated but that the two sides came to an agreement late on Thursday where West Ham will pay a £1.