Ashley Young is hopeful of agreeing new terms with Manchester United. The Daily Star Sunday says Young, 29, has a year remaining on his Old Trafford contract and preliminary talks have started on a new deal.

But the sticking point will be the length and financial terms of the new contract.

Young wants a three-year deal and to secure that contract he may have to take a pay cut.

He is one of the higher earners at Old Trafford on £120,000-a-week.