Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is ready to banish Alexis Sanchez to train with the reserves unless he agrees to a move away, according to The Sun.
The Manchester United boss is desperate to get Sanchez, who earns an eye-watering £500,000-a-week, off the wage bill before the European transfer window shuts on September 2.
Roma are currently the only potential suitors and are considering a love move for Sanchez, but his salary is likely to be a stumbling block in talks.
Solskjaer does not see a future for Sanchez at Old Trafford and resents the fact the club will have to fork out another £8.6millon on his wages until they get another chance to sell him in January.
The 30-year-old's United career was plunged further into the darkness after it emerged he was involved in a training-ground bust-up with Mason Greenwood - a player Solskjaer is fond of - during pre-season.
Sanchez only featured 16 times for United in all competitions under Solskjaer, scoring just the one goal.
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AS of this week, Alexis Sanchez will have banked £41MILLION in wages from Manchester United. That works out at £8.2m for each of the five goals he has scored for the club since switching from Arsenal in January 2018. 1 Alexis Sanchez is guilty of putting money above the badge at Man UtdCredit: Getty To say Manchester City dodged a bullet is a real understatement. Alarm bells should have been ringing at Old Trafford when it was clear Sanchez was going to the club that would pay him the most. They certainly did at the Etihad, which is why they left the way open for his move to the red half of the City. They could see the upset a player on £505,000-a-week could cause to a dressing room full of winners like Sergio Aguero and David Silva. Sir Alex Ferguson once said you did not have to go looking for the money as a United player, because it would find you. Unfortunately, it seems to have been cash first and worry about the badge later for Sanchez.