Manchester United are expected to make a first formal approach to Newcastle United for midfielder Sean Longstaff this week.

Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is hoping to secure another signing before United fly to Australia on Sunday for the start of their pre-season tour of Perth, Singapore and Shanghai after the arrival of Daniel James and Aaron Wan-Bissaka.

United have taken the decision to do a transfer at a time this summer and attention has now turned to negotiating a deal with Newcastle for the £25 million rated Longstaff following the £50m capture of right-back Wan-Bissaka from Crystal Palace on Saturday and the formal announcement of Marcus Rashford’s new four-year contract.

Solskjaer is also due to hold talks with wantaway midfielder, Paul Pogba, before United leave for Australia.

Although the majority of Solskjaer’s squad returned to pre-season training on Monday, Pogba is not due to report back until Wednesday after being among a pool of players who was granted additional time off owing to involvement in last month’s international fixtures.

Pogba frustrated Solskjaer by publicly admitting last month that he wanted to leave Old Trafford this summer but, with Real Madrid and Juventus considering United’s £160m valuation too high, the France midfielder’s prospects of a move before the Premier League transfer window closes on Aug 8 are far from certain.