Manchester United have been handed boost in their pursuit of Paris Saint-Germain star Serge Aurier .

The Red Devils have agreed terms with the French defender, who is currently banned from entering the UK.

And Jose Mourinho's chances of landing the right-back look to have been boosted as PSG aim to raise at least €50million in player sales, according to L'Equipe.

The French champions splashed €222m on Brazilian superstar Neymar last week and need to balance the books to comply with FFP rules.

PSG are reportedly willing to offload United target Aurier, as well as Grzegorz Krychowiak and Blaise Matuidi.

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However, the Red Devils will be keeping their fingers crossed the 24-year-old wins his appeal to quash his conviction for assaulting a police officer outside a Paris nightclub in September last year.

He was denied entry to the UK last October, missing a Champions League game at Arsenal, when border control authorities revoked a visa that had initially been granted

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United will make representations to the government to clarify his position before completing the £90,000-a-week deal.

It is understood Mino Raiola, the super-agent who took Paul Pogba and Romelu Lukaku to Old Trafford in the past two summer windows, has been acting as a go-between for United with the defender’s French agent, Stephane Courbis, and that an outline agreement has been reached over a salary.

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