The big debate: Manchester United was in the Rijstoel to sign Bryan Mbeumo, but former Brentford -Baas Thomas Frank now wants to convince the attacker to join Tottenham
After a fantastic season in the Premier League, Bryan Mbeumo is in the center of a tug of war between Manchester United and Tottenham this summer.
The Brentford Talisman, 25, is supposed to have his heart on a move to Old Trafford, despite the disastrous campaign of the Red Devils 2024-25. But developments at Spurs, where Thomas Frank has been appointed as the new manager of the club, has thrown a key in the works.
Mirror Football revealed before the weekend that Tottenham had launched a huge offer to try to catch their rivals and, crucial, can offer the Cameroon Star Champions League football.
Because Spurs pushes United into a deal, Mbeumo now has enough to think about. So we asked the mirror football team what he should then do …
Jeremy Cross
Bryan Mbeumo has a big decision to make. But whatever he chooses, it will see him jump out of the frying pan in the fire.
He can become a member of the Madhouse that Manchester United is and has at least one season without European football, or going to Tottenham, playing in Europe, but accepting that he is now part of a club that is one of the biggest under -performers of modern times.
His heart can tell him that United goes back to the great time, but his head will say that Spurs is the safest option. But wherever he ends up, Mbeumo will make the biggest challenge of his career for making.
Andy Dunn
It is difficult for many people to tolerate, but for all his recent problems, Manchester United is still a club with a really special allure.
It is still a club with a remarkable domestic and global fan base, it is still a club that can fill a stadium of 100,000 seats, it is still a club with a beautiful legendary past. In short, it is still an iconic football institution. If and when the club becomes a large Premier League power again, this will be the biggest story in the city and therefore Mbeumo would have to provide the switch to Old Trafford prior to the move to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium.
There are several obvious reasons why Spurs is an attractive proposition, but the idea of ​​being part of an excitingly united rebuilding must be a tempting one. And anyway, the importance of what will certainly turn out to be a Champions League struggle for Spurs is probably exaggerated.
The conversation is that Mbeumo's heart tells him that he united … and he has to go with his heart.
John Cross
Bryan Mbeumo should go to Tottenham. The Brentford attacker is a serious player and moves to Tottenham, with his old boss Thomas Frank, would push him to the Champions League to another level.
In many ways I admire his ambition and why he wants to move to Manchester United. They are still such a big club with a great tradition and great pulling power. To be part of a team – on the one hand with Matheus Cunha on the other – can really be special if they suddenly recover a sleeping giant. But what a gamble.
And I refuse to believe that it only offers money and united. Players deserve enormous wages and United clearly try to sell the dream. But Tottenham can offer European football.
Mbeumo is a great player, a former Premier League manager, who has scouted and discovers countless players, is convinced that he is elite level and even compared him to Mo Salah. That's okay.
His pace, skill, control and statistics make him a huge star. He has to choose well – because he has the lot.
Chris McKenna
Bryan Mbeumo should be a man of his word. If he has told Manchester United that he wants to join them, he must continue.
What has changed in recent weeks? Ok, his boss in Brentford became a member of Tottenham, but is Tottenham suddenly in a different position? He knew that they had Champions League football weeks ago and he knew that United didn't. If he said United States that he had been sold on their project, since then it has not changed enough to turn on his heels.
But that must still be united to pay the money and if they don't, the player must make a choice.
Jurgen Klopp once said that he wanted players to push the train instead of those who just want to jump on it. Mbeumo now has a decision to make which player he wants to be as a united look to rebuild.
Daniel Marsh
Bryan Mbeumo should absolutely stay with his weapons if Manchester United is the dream card.
Tottenham can offer Champions League football and, of course, the temptation to work with Thomas Frank again. But as a player who approaches his top years, the challenge is to restore an institution like Manchester United in their former glory, certainly just as attractive.
The biggest factor here is that United still has to close a deal. Since they led a race of one horses before Frank Brentford exchanged for Spurs, the responsibility is for them to make this happen.
Forget what Mbeumo should then do, United must do this if they are serious about the reconstruction; That is how high I rate mbeumo.
Tom Victor
If I was in the position of Bryan Mbeumo, I might wonder why Manchester United and Tottenham Hotspur represent the only offers that seem to seem to be on the table. Only three players scored more Premier League goals than the Cameroonian last season, and yet his options have remained or moved to a club that has ended various places under his Brentford side this season.
Mbeumo will be 26 when the new season starts. His peak years are approaching, but he cannot keep an eye on that 20 -target season in more certainly when it comes to locking ongoing Champions League -football -with his two lovers who collect two knockout tires in the competition this decadium.
Of the two options, Tottenham seems to be the slightly better fit. A reunion with Thomas Frank speaks for itself, while a first crack at Champions League Football for a player who still plays a two -layer football in 2021, perhaps a chance he cannot resist.
Yes, the potential benefit in Old Trafford can feel greater, but how many others have thought the same thing in recent years to only hunt for wasted seasons. Spurs feels like the best option, even if Mbeumo might wonder why there is not anything better available for him.
Daniel Orme
It is certainly a difficult decision for Mbeumo. In fact, it comes down to money or European football, so it depends on what the Brentford attacker wants from his career.
Given the investment that the Red Devils make this summer, it may not be too long before they return to the Champions League and given that Old Trafford is his favorite option, it might be more logical to go there – but it is a big gamble.
However, with Thomas Frank who is appointed by Spurs, he will know exactly how to make a success from him North Londs. And if he succeeds in replicating the form that he has shown in Brentford in recent seasons, there is no reason why Mbeumo cannot play in the Champions League in the coming seasons.
And although it may not have been in his thinking, a move to North Londs means that he does not have to uproot anything. So as it looks now, Spurs might be the better option.