Manchester United can engineer Jadon Sancho transfer solution that would solve FFP problem

What Manuel Ugarte and Jadon Sancho did on Friday night remains unknown, but what they didn't do is play football for the clubs that pay their wages. Ugarte was left out of Paris St-Germain's squad for their opening Ligue 1 game and the same fate befell Sancho against Fulham.

After a summer reconciliation with Erik ten Hag, the winger might have expected to be among the 20 players named in the squad at the start of the season, but he was deemed surplus to requirements. It has felt an uneasy truce and although Ten Hag claimed illness was the reason for Sancho's absence, a departure before the end of the window still cannot be ruled out.

In Paris, PSG could certainly do with selling Ugarte. They have spent €60m on signing 19-year-old Joao Neves as part of a €170m spending spree and the Uruguayan is likely to be the fall guy just a year after joining from Sporting. Kylian Mbappe's wages are a cost-saving but PSG's net spend across the last two summers is more than €400m.

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That makes their situation around financial fair play rules pretty tight and sales are a necessity. United have been interested in Ugarte, 23, all summer but have struggled to agree a fee with the club. The holding midfielder is desperate to make the move to Old Trafford and United remain confident of doing a deal given PSG's situation.

But United are in a tight spot themselves when it comes to FFP rules and the Premier League's Profit and Sustainability regulations. They haven't sold as many players as they would have expected and their net spend is around £88.5m this summer, which