Manchester United manager, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, has said Timothy Fosu-Mensah will be allowed to leave this month.

Fosu-Mensah joined United from Ajax’s academy as a 16-year-old in 2014.

He made his debut two years later in February 2016, but has not been able to break into the side regularly.

In five years, he has made only 29 appearances and has spent time out on loan at Crystal Palace and Fulham.

“I’m not sure if Timo is going to stay or [if] he’s going to take an option now,” Solskjaer told reporters.

“He’s not played enough, so of course he’s been allowed to speak to clubs, with a view to leaving now in January. It’s difficult when you’ve got good players, talented players, and you can’t give them game time. He’s now at the stage where he needs to go and play again.

“It might be [at the] end of January, or it might be in the summer that he finds somewhere else. So he’s working hard, Tim, he’s ready for a move for any club that he feels ready for.”