Luis Antonio Valencia will demand Wigan Athletic sell him to Manchester United.

The Mirror says Valencia will demand that Wigan sell him this summer - or he will sit out his contract.

Ecuador star Valencia is desperate to go to Old Trafford but Latics are sticking to their £20million valuation, putting one of the big-money moves of the close-season at risk.

United are willing to splash out £17m, including bonuses, and do not want to pay over the odds for the talented right-winger who they know wants to join them.

United were originally offering Wigan a player in exchange - striker Fraizer Campbell - on loan for a year on top of the fee they proposed.

Wigan's negotiators think that they should either get more cash or another United squad man, possibly young striker Danny Welbeck, for a season to make up their numbers.

Chief executives David Gill and Brenda Spencer are haggling over figures, but it may take the intervention of Wigan chairman Dave Whelan this week to get an agreement.