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The saga of Cameron international Bryan Mbeumo’s potential transfer from Brentford to Manchester United has been in the news for the better part of the last two months in the ongoing summer transfer window. But still, both the Premier League teams have not come to an agreement on Bryan Mbeumo despite the player wanting to join Manchester United with his Brentford contract set to expire next summer, and the club holding an option to extend it further by a year.
In a latest development, the Guardian have reported that the pursuit of Manchester United to sign Bryan Mbeumo has stalled after Brentford raised their asking price to £70 million. It is understood that INEOS, who are part owners of Manchester United under Sir Jim Ratcliffe along with club’s Director of Football Jason Wilcox, intend on not paying more than their £65 million valuation of Bryan Mbeumo, to get the deal through in the ongoing summer transfer window.
While Brentford indicated that they were expecting a medical for Bryan Mbeumo to happen imminently just a few weeks ago, their sudden increase in valuation of the player is something which has been met with resistance by the Manchester United hierarchy. As of this writing, Brentford are looking to get their current valuation of Bryan Mbeumo from Manchester United since they have an option to extend his contract by a year next summer.
For Manchester United to meet the new valuation of £70 million for Bryan Mbeumo, they will need to generate revenue from selling or loaning out players like Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho, Antony, Jadon Sancho, and Tyrell Malacia. The aforementioned names are being told to find a new club by Manchester United this summer, and the funds from these players could be used to complete the purchase of Bryan Mbeumo apart from buying a centre-forward as well.
Over the past one-and-a-half month or so in the ongoing summer transfer window, Manchester United have been able to make only one marquee signing in Matheus Cunha from Wolves for £62.5 million in June.
