Januzaj, left, has not started a Bundesliga match for Dortmund since arriving on loan on August 31

Manchester United have asked Borussia Dortmund to terminate Adnan Januzaj’s season-long loan deal after the Belgium winger’s miserable spell in Germany.

Dortmund have agreed to United’s request and Januzaj is expected to return to Manchester this week with a formal announcement expected today once the paperwork has been completed. The situation is an embarrassment to Januzaj, who has not started a Bundesliga match for Dortmund since arriving on loan on August 31 and whose career has stalled after an impressive breakthrough campaign under David Moyes at United two seasons ago.

Louis van Gaal had warned Januzaj that he was taking a “big risk” by agreeing to move to Dortmund given the competition for places and the United manager has been increasingly concerned that the 20-year-old