Man Utd make £55m ‘offer’ for Premier League winger after manager makes ‘selling club’ admission

Man Utd make £55m ‘offer’ for Premier League winger after manager makes ‘selling club’ admission

Manchester United have ‘presented an offer’ to Brentford of £55m to sign star forward Bryan Mbeumo this summer.

The Red Devils are currently 16th in the table after losing 18 games in a terrible domestic campaign, and Ruben Amorim is eager to bolster his team at Old Trafford.

Their attempt to entice and fund new players would be greatly aided by a Europa League final victory over Tottenham on Wednesday, which would also give them admission into the Champions League.

As they compete with Chelsea for the £30 million acquisition of Liam Delap from Ipswich, the Red Devils are expected to sign Matheus Cunha from Wolves after agreeing to activate his £65 million release clause. Additionally, teenage attacker Enzo Kana-Biyik will come from Le Havre.

Earlier this month the Daily Telegraph reported that Brentford winger Mbeumo is now a ‘target’ for Man Utd ‘as well as’ Wolves Cunha as they look to overhaul their front line.

The Brentford man is ‘high on list of potential targets as Amorim looks to bolster squad’ and Man Utd are ‘ready to join the race’ for Mbeumo ‘when competition for the Brentford forward intensifies during the summer transfer window’.

The report added:

‘Wolves striker Matheus Cunha, who has a £65 million buyout clause, is a target for United in the summer but has been most effective through the middle as a No 9.

‘Interest in Mbeumo is independent of the Cunha deal, with the former Troyes forward regarded as one of the best wide forwards in the Premier League.’

Fabrizio Romano was less sure of how serious the Red Devils’ interest in Mbeumo is with “many clubs” looking to tie up a deal to sign the Brentford forward in the summer transfer window.

Romano wrote in his GiveMeSport newsletter: “As far as I know, the main target remains Cunha. For Mbeumo there will be many clubs involved, so it’s an open race.”

But Spanish outlet Fichajes now claim that United haven’t even waited for the summer to make their approach, claiming they’ve ‘presented an offer of close to €65m (£55m) for Mbeumo’.