Man Utd have had 'close' talks with Jadon Sancho during Borussia Dortmund loan as Erik ten Hag delivers update on £73m winger's future after early season 'conflict'

Ten Hag has revealed that the club have held talks with the English winger during his loan spell with the Bundesliga side, as the Dutchman also confirmed there was 'conflict' with the forward earlier this season. The Manchester United boss has also claimed that his dispute with the forward will be resolved at the end of the current campaign.

Speaking to the media, Ten Hag said: "We are close in that process. We are visiting games, not only [Wednesday] – [I] will not say all the games, but we have seen more games from Dortmund where Jadon was performing. We had a visit with him, we talked with him, and we will keep going with this process.

On the dispute with Sancho, he added: "There was a conflict and let’s finish the season first. So stay away from this issue now – it is not important. He has the return [leg] of the semi-final, in the league it is not going that well for them. We have four important games in the league and the FA Cup final and then we will see."

Earlier in the season, Ten Hag and Sancho had a major falling out after the 24-year-old winger hit back at Ten Hag after the Dutchman had publically called out Sancho's training levels. The 54-year-old boss immediately dropped Sancho and froze him out. The winger then returned to Dortmund on loan in January and has gone on to help the team make it to the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Since joining the Bundesliga side, Sancho has been able to play regularly and starred for the club during their 1-0 win over Paris Saint-Germain in the first leg of their Champions League semi-final clash. He and Dortmund will take on the Parisians on Tuesday, May 7 in the return.