10:10AM BST 14 Aug 2012
Welbeck, 21, has been stalling over signing a new contract, after the club reportedly refused to meet his wage demands, but United do not want his current contract - which expires next year - to run down and for the player to become a free agent.
The new deal is belived to be significantly higher than his previous £16,000-a-week deal after Welbeck's promising season last year, netting 12 goals and breaking into the England side.
His current deal was signed in December 2009, when the teenager only had a handful of starts, before he was loaned out to Sunderland.
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