Sánchez, left, is unwilling to take a pay cut at Inter Milan

Alexis Sánchez will predominantly play in Manchester United’s Europa League and Carabao Cup games this season if he does not secure a move to Inter Milan.

United and Inter have resumed talks over a potential loan deal, which must be completed by the time the European transfer window closes on Monday.

Sánchez, United’s top earner on £391,000 per week, has scored only four league goals since arriving from Arsenal as part of a swap deal with Henrikh Mkhitaryan in January 2018.

He is therefore well down the pecking order at United. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the United manager, prefers Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford to Sánchez, and he wants to give more game time to Mason Greenwood, the 17-year-old forward, this season too.

That means Sánchez,