MEN Sport understands United made an offer of an initial season-long loan with the option to buy at £25million, but Watford are holding out for an outright permanent deal.
United prefer a loan.The Hornets value the 22-year-old at around £45million and would be keen to sell if they received a permanent bid somewhere near that valuation.
Liverpool registered an interest in him earlier in the window.United are eager to sign a first team right-wing option on deadline day after unsuccessful attempts to sign Jadon Sancho and Ousmane Dembele in this summer window.The Old Trafford club appear to be closing in on the signings of two 18-year-old wingers in Facundo Pellistri and Amad Traore from Penarol and Atalanta respectively.
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