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Ashley Young is willing to take a pay cut to stay at Manchester United on a long-term deal.

United chief executive Ed Woodward is due to hold contract talks with representatives of the resurgent winger over the coming weeks.

And it is believed that the 29-year-old star, who was man of the match in Sunday’s derby victory over Manchester City, would accept a reduction of his current £120,000-per-week wages if United offer him a three-year deal.

Former Aston Villa man Young has enjoyed a new lease of life under Louis Van Gaal, first as a wing-back and now as a wide attacker in a 4-3-3 system during a six-match Premier League winning run which has virtually secured a return to Champions League football.

Van Gaal is now keen for Young to stay, after it had looked as though the player might leave Old Trafford in the summer.

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Young, who turns 30 this summer, was signed from Villa for £17million in 2011, with a bumper pay deal agreed to ward off strong interest from Liverpool.

That basic salary may now be reduced in return for the security of a three-year agreement.

Young is also back on the radar of England boss Roy Hodgson after 18 months in the international wilderness.

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