Man Utd's Kone set for Lausanne loan move

Manchester United youngster Sekou Kone is set to join Swiss club Lausanne-Sport on loan for the rest of the season.

The highly rated Mali youth international was on the bench for three Premier League games last season but is yet to make his senior debut.

Kone, 19, has not made the progress many expected this season because of an extended period on the sidelines after he suffered a fracture eye socket in a heavy collision during a National League Cup tie at Tamworth in August.

The midfielder returned in December, when he started two under-21 games, but has been training with Lausanne, part of the same Ineos multi-club ownership group as United, since the middle of January.

Kone's move is yet to be formally announced but he is expected to be part of the first-team squad at Lausanne, who will take on Sigma Olomouc from the Czech Republic in next month's Conference League play-off round.