Manchester United wants Bryan Mbeumo, who scored 20 Premier League goals last season for Brentford, as their second summer signature after the £ 62.5 million arrival of Matheus Cunha van Wolves
Manchester United has been told to forget to sign Bryan Mbeumo cheap – with Brentford who wants more than £ 60 million for the attacker. United has focused as their second summer signing, after Mbeumo, after he had already recruited Matheus Cunha from Wolves for £ 62.5 million after activating his release clause.
But Brentford is supposed to appreciate Mbeumo as the same value as Cunha and are not willing to accept a little less than a similar price if they want him to leave this summer. Van Brentford is also said that it is willing to keep the deadline day on 1 September if that is what is needed for United to reach their asking price for the 25-year-old Mbeumo.
The bees are under no pressure to sell Mbeumo, where the club has an option to practice an extra year on its current deal, which has to walk for a season. Against that background they are relaxed about the situation of Mbeumo, with the pressure on United to reach their appreciation if they are serious about wanting the player.
United is confronted with extra pressure in their pursuit of Mbeumo, with his Brentford teammate and fellow attacker Yoane Wissa, 28, the subject of importance of Saudi Pro League clubs.
Brentford is not willing to lose both Mbeumo and Wissa this summer, which means that if the latter secures a large move of the money to a Saudi club, United Face will lose the first if they leave it too late.
United Boss Ruben Amorim is convinced that Mbeumo, who scored 20 goals and delivered eight assists for Brentford last season, would be an ideal fit for its 3-4-3 system.
Amorim sees Cunha and Mbeumo working on either side of a striker, with skipper Bruno Fernandes – who is committed to United after rejecting a move to Saudi – who operates in a deeper role.
The versatility of MBeumo is one of the reasons why Amorim wants to sign him so much, with the attacker who can work in different roles at the front, also on the right and front.
His pace, with and without the ball, connected to his ability to create and finish clinical opportunities, his qualities that United calls out, with the last season falling square on Fernandes.