Charlie Sheen is telling friends he’d rather move “to f*cking El Salvador and sell shoes” than head to court with estranged wife Brooke Mueller over the custody of their twin sons Bob and Max, RadarOnline.com is exclusively reporting.

It's a dramatic turn of events in Sheen and Mueller's public spat as both parties lawyers frantically negotiate a possible peace deal, in a desperate bid to to avert a court face-off.

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Sheen has told a pal: “We are moving towards cutting a deal to keep this thing out of court. I’ll just swallow it. I’ll swallow it because I’m a f*cking warlock.”