United are targeting players such as Bellingham, middle, as part of a “cultural reboot”

Birmingham City are open to selling Jude Bellingham this month after Manchester United made a £25m bid for the highly regarded England youth international. The West Midlands club, however, intend to keep the 16-year-old on an 18-month loan as part of any deal.

Bellingham has been a regular starter since becoming Birmingham’s youngest-ever first-team player this season. He has been deployed across the midfield and as an auxiliary forward, with United trying to head off interest from Germany, Italy and Spain. Arsenal are also understood to be keen.

Under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, United have focused on younger, British players as part of what executive vice-chairman Ed Woodward has labelled a “cultural reboot”. Record transfer fees were invested in English defenders Harry Maguire and Aaron Wan-Bissaka