Manchester United have been set a deadline to meet Borussia Dortmund's asking price for Jadon Sancho - as history threatens to repeat itself.
Dortmund are refusing to budge from their £82million valuation of Sancho after United made an opening bid, according to reports from Germany.
The Bundesliga club want bonuses on top of the initial transfer fee, and want the England winger's future sorted by the middle of next month.
And while the 21-year-old is believed to have already agreed personal terms on a move to Old Trafford, the deadline doesn't give United long to strike a deal with Dortmund.
Sancho is currently with Gareth Southgate's side on Euro 2020 duty - although he is yet to appear for the Three Lions in the tournament.
German newspaper Ruhr Nachrichten claims Dortmund's price tag of £82m plus bonuses is 'non-negotiable'.
And the situation smacks of last summer, when Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's side were quoted £108m for Sancho and told to make a satisfactory offer by August 10.
The Red Devils' decision to wait looked like it might be about to pay off last month when Dortmund's sporting director Michael Zorc revealed the club had a "gentleman's agreement" with Sancho that he could leave this summer "under certain conditions".
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That sparked an expectation that United would be able to land the player at a reduced rate, with some reports claiming he could be available for as little as £65m.
But the latest revelation indicates that the two clubs are still some way apart in their respective valuations of Sancho, with the Premier League giants understood to value him at around £60m in the post-pandemic market.
And this time around, Solskjaer and his transfer team appear to have been given even less time to agree a deal than they were last summer, as Dortmund look to crank up the pressure.
While United are reported to have made an opening bid, the claim that Dortmund were insisting on £82m-plus was too much for some fans, who told the club to "walk away".
One supporter took to Twitter to say "Didn’t make the bench for England’s first game and didn’t come off the bench in the second. I’d bin the deal and walk away."
Another tweeted: "He's not worth it. I'd have more respect for United if they just walked away."
