Wigan Athletic chairman Dave Whelan expects to sell Antonio Valencia to Manchester United.

Whelan said: "Manchester United have been in touch with us and we will be starting formal negotiations very shortly.

"I think they were waiting to see if Ronaldo actually went to Real, but things could move quite quickly now.

"United have been in touch with us over Antonio over the last two or three months, expressing an interest and actually putting cash offers on the table.

"Things should definitely develop over the next seven to 14 days I would imagine."