Manchester United will not be extending the current loan deals for Alexis Sanchez and Chris Smalling with Inter Milan and Roma respectively.
The Red Devils are unwilling to extend both players’ loans into next season or have them stay out on loan any further than the current arrangement.
Instead, the Premier League side is looking to reach deals for permanent transfers.
Smalling and Sanchez originally signed one-year loans,expiring in June, but following the COVID-19 break, they had their stints in Italy extended until the first week of August in order to be able to play out the end of the Serie A season.
Under the current agreement, the two players will return to Old Trafford after the last Serie A match-day scheduled for August 2.
This means that neither will be able to play in the final stages of the Europa League.
Roma and Inter have not played their round of 16 one-legged ties against Sevilla and Getafe respectively, with the original first-leg ties in March being postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy and Spain.
United is ready to sell at least six players this summer transfer window, as it looks to fund a move for Borussia Dortmund winger, Jadon Sancho.
Dortmund has already told Man United to sign Sancho before August 10.
Man United have seen their revenue streams hit hard because of the COVID-19 pandemic and will have less money to spend this summer.
The Red Devils’ executive vice-chairman, Ed Woodward, is hoping he can sell some of the club’s fringe players to raise funds for Sancho, who has a £115million price tag on his head.
According to the Athletic, Phil Jones, Chris Smalling, Alexis Sanchez, Marcos Rojo, Diogo Dalot and Jesse Lingard could all leave Old Trafford this summer.
Smalling, Sanchez and Rojo are on loan at AS Roma, Inter Milan and Estudiantes respectively. Lingard, Dalot and Jones are not regular starters under manager Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s squad.
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