Manchester United and Borussia Dortmund have reached an outline agreement for the loan of Jadon Sancho until the end of the season.
There is a willingness to get a deal done, but the clubs say there are important details still to be resolved.
Dortmund still hope to have Sancho at their warm weather training camp in Marbella next week but there is no guarantee the loan will be finalised this weekend.
The deal will cost reportedly Dortmund around £2.6million and as of Thursday, only tax details were left to be sorted, as per German newspaper Bild.