United want to receive close to the British-record fee they paid for Di María, right

Ángel Di María has moved closer to a transfer to Paris Saint-Germain. Senior officials from the French champions held face-to-face talks with Manchester United to try to push through a £50 million deal for the unsettled Argentina winger.

Olivier Létang, the PSG sporting director, flew to London to meet Ed Woodward, United’s executive vice-chairman, on Monday.

Louis van Gaal, the United manager, would be happy to keep Di María but the player is known to be eager to leave Old Trafford after a difficult past 12 months in Manchester in the wake of his £59.7 million move from Real Madrid. PSG are believed to be proposing an initial fee of around £42 million that could rise to about £50 million, although United are holding out