Manchester United are closing on the £46million signing of Ajax defender Lisandro Martinez, with the deal expected to be completed on Thursday.
Talks have been moving in the right direction through Wednesday, with the Dutch club's CEO and former United goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar helping negotiations along.
Ajax had rejected United's offer from last week of £42.5m including add-ons but are willing to accept a new proposal following lengthy talks on Wednesday and have already identified Lisandro's potential replacement in Mykola Matvienko from Shakhtar Donetsk.
Argentina international Lisandro made it clear to the Ajax board that he wished to leave once he became aware of interest from Arsenal then United.