Alvaro Morata’s father and agent held face-to-face talks with Real Madrid chiefs on Monday as the Spain striker bids to push through a move to Manchester United before the club fly to the US on Sunday for the start of their pre-season tour.

Juanma Lopez, Morata’s representative, and the player’s father, Alfonso Morata, arrived at the Bernabeu around 11am for a meeting with Real officials as they sought a compromise over the fee.

According to AS, the Spanish sports newspaper, talks lasted just under a hour, although it was unclear on Monday if the parties reached an agreement there and then over Morata’s valuation.

Real have been holding out for at least £75 million, which is more than United have been willing to pay for the 24 year-old, who scored 20 goals in 43 appearances last season.

Alvaro Morata cut short his honeymoon credit: GC IMAGES

Morata took a short break from his honeymoon last week to fly to Madrid in an effort to speed up a proposed move to Old Trafford.

The striker is as eager as United manager Jose Mourinho for a deal to be wrapped up before the club fly to Los Angeles at the weekend but Real have been playing hard ball, conscious of United’s desperation for a target man in the wake of Zlatan Ibrahimovic’s long-term injury.

United remain optimistic that a deal will be struck this week and Mourinho is desperate to avoid the situation dragging on, with Sweden defender Victor Lindelof the club’s only summer arrival so far.