Paris Saint-Germain have received encouragement from Manchester United that their pursuit of Ángel Di María can be successful this summer as the French champions seek to make amends for missing out on the Argentina winger a year ago when he left Real Madrid.

PSG are free to re-enter the transfer market aggressively following the relaxation of Uefa’s financial fair play (FFP)regulations and are understood to have formally contacted United to inquire about the availability of Di María, their principal target. The £59.7m British record signing, who arrived from Real Madrid last summer, endured a difficult first season at Old Trafford and United, bolstered by the arrival of Memphis Depay and Bastian Schweinsteiger, are now prepared to think of allowing the 27-year-old to leave.

The French champions, who had courted Di María a year ago only for FFP to restrict their ability to compete for his signature, are expected to lodge a formal offer of around £47m for the winger, who is believed to be open to the move but will seek wages of around £185,000 a week after tax at Parc des Princes.

The PSG manager, Laurent Blanc, has publicly expressed his interest in securing Di María while admitting a deal is far from certain. Wolfsburg’s Kevin de Bruyne is apparently the club’s fallback option. “Yes, I like him [Di María] very much,” he said. “But at our level, trying to improve your team, you are competing for players who belong to big clubs. And, even if one club has more money, you are not competing alone in the market.

“We have more freedom [in the market] but it remains a difficult one for us to do because we’re not alone in wanting him. The competition is very, very tough. Don’t forget Manchester United paid a fortune to sign him. The decision to relax FFP regulations was favourable to PSG but it happened late in the day. Now it has, new avenues are open to us for recruitment. We fell behind but we’ll catch up.”

Contact is expected to be made with Jorge Mendes, the Argentina forward’s agent, and PSG had hoped to offer wages of nearer £130,000 a week after tax. A compromise is likely to be attainable.

Di María, who was injured early in the final of the Copa América, would follow Robin van Persie in leaving Old Trafford; the Dutch international is in Istanbul for a medical before the completion of a transfer to Fenerbahce. The 31-year-old has been offered a three-year contract worth around £240,000 a week to end his three-season association with United following a £24m switch from Arsenal in 2012.

There is optimism at United that Schweinsteiger’s eye-catching arrival from Bayern Munich can still be followed by the signing of Morgan Schneiderlin of Southampton as Louis van Gaal continues to reshape his squad this summer. An initial bid of £20m was rejected, falling at least £7m short of the south-coast club’s valuation, but the Southampton manager, Ronald Koeman, has admitted he is planning for life without the France international.

Schweinsteiger flew to Manchester on Sunday to undertake a medical and sign a three-year contract after bidding farewell to Bayern’s fans in a statement and video posted on Twitter. “The decision was very hard to make because you and FCB have and always will be an extremely important part of my life,” said the 30-year-old, who won eight Bundesliga titles, seven German Cups and the Champions League in a 17-year career in Bavaria. “Nevertheless, I would like to again gain experience at a new club. My destination is Manchester United. I hope you understand my decision. No one can take away the incredible journey we had together.”

The midfielder will cost in the region of £15m following on from the arrival of Matteo Darmian from Torino and the £21.5m addition of Depay from PSV Eindhoven earlier in the summer. Schweinsteiger is expected to play some part in United’s pre-season tour of the United States, on which they depart on Monday.