Manchester United will cough up big to send Alexis Sanchez to Inter Milan this week.

The Mirror says United will ship out Alexis this week - but it will still cost them a whopping £13million.

United are a significant step closer to sending the Chilean flop to Inter Milan on loan after the Serie A club agreed a to pay half of his £500,000-a-week wages.

That means the Red Devils will have to stump up the eye-watering sums just to farm him for the rest of the season.

United are pushing for a non-negotiable clause to be added to the deal, which will see Inter sign the former Arsenal star permanently for £20million next year.

But they still have to come to an agreement on the £52million conundrum of who will pay the final two years of Sanchez's United contract from 2020.

But both clubs feel a compromise can be reached and are planning to reopen talks on Monday.