Aaron Wan-Bissaka arrives at Lowry Hotel for Manchester United medical ahead of his £50m move from Crystal Palace... with his entourage including Wilfried Zaha's brother Herve
* Aaron Wan-Bissaka is in Manchester ahead of sealing a £50m move to United
* The Crystal Palace defender was spotted inside the Lowry ahead of his medical
* Player was flanked by his entourage, including Wilfried Zaha's brother Herve
* His family headed out for dinner at San Carlo, while he went to complete medical
Aaron Wan-Bissaka has been spotted at the Lowry Hotel for the first time as his £50million move to Manchester United edges ever closer.
The Crystal Palace defender is set to seal an incredible 1000 per cent pay rise when he joins on an £80,000-a-week, five-year deal on Thursday, and he looked in high spirits after touching down in Manchester.
Wearing a white Gucci jumper, the 21-year-old flew north from Biggin Hill in Surrey alongside his entourage – which included his family and the brother of fellow Crystal Palace player Wilfried Zaha, himself an ex-United player.
Herve Zaha is part of Wan-Bissaka's management team, working as a football consultant for Unique Sports Management (USM).
Negotiations between Palace and United for the Wan-Bissaka deal included a proposal from the Eagles to reduce or remove the 25 per cent sell-on clause that United secured when they sold Zaha back to the London club, but the clause remains unchanged.
Wan-Bissaka arrived in the North West on Wednesday afternoon, before travelling straight to his base at the Lowry Hotel with his family and management team.
From there, the defender was transported for his medical, while it is understood his family and team — including agent Will Salthouse — headed out for a meal at nearby San Carlo.
Aaron Wan-Bissaka has been spotted at the Lowry Hotel as he prepares to join Man United. The Crystal Palace defender looked in high spirits and was flanked by his management team. Wan-Bissaka is set to earn 1000 times his Palace wage when he signs an £80k-a-week deal
Wan-Bissaka was then spotted again as he arrived back at the Lowry shortly after 10pm, where he and his team celebrated his big-money move in the hotel bar.
Manchester United will pay £45m up front for the right back with a further £5m in conditional add-ons.
The Red Devils will now also move on to the rest of their summer targets, with funds in place to continue spending as they revitalise the squad.
Wan-Bissaka will be United's second signing of the summer transfer window after they snapped up Daniel James from Swansea.
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MAN UNITED'S RECORD SIGNINGS
1. Paul Pogba (£89m)
2. Romelu Lukaku (£75m)
3. Angel di Maria (£59m)
4. Fred (£52m)
5. Aaron Wan-Bissaka (£50m)
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Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has targeted young domestic talents as he looks to rebuild his squad at United.
They only finished sixth in the Premier League last season after a difficult campaign.
England Under-21 international Wan-Bissaka only made his senior debut in February 2018 but was named Player of the Year by Palace fans last season after an impressive campaign.
He did, however, make a crucial error during the Under-21 side's loss against France during the opening game of this summer's European Championship.
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