Manchester United football director John Murtough was in Saudia Arabia for transfer talks earlier this month with the club seeking to sell players to raise funds for January signings.
Mail Sport has learned that Murtough held discussions with representatives of the Saudi Pro League in Riyadh, with Jadon Sancho, Raphael Varane, Anthony Martial and Casemiro among the United players available for transfer.
Murtough is understood to have left Saudi Arabia without reaching agreement on any transfers, but established some important new relationships for United and further talks are planned.
After spending over £750million on new signings last summer SPL clubs will not be as active during the January window however, not least as many of the top-flight’s 18 clubs have already filled their overseas player quota, so United may have to wait until the summer to trade with the cash-rich Saudi clubs.
Off-loading Sancho is United’s priority next month as the England forward has been banished from the first-team since effectively calling Erik Ten Hag a liar after he was dropped from United’s Premier League defeat at Arsenal in September.
