Manchester United reportedly suffered a blow in pursuit of the relocation of Brentford’s right winger Brian Mbeumo.
Cameroon International has become Man UTD’s biggest goal this summer, but there has been little specific updates on the situation in recent weeks.
According to the Guardian, the contracts seem to be stagnant now as Ir Jim Ratcliffe is not keen on a new £70 million meeting seeking a new £70 million £70 million player for Brentford.
United initially wanted to close the deal with a slightly lesser contract, but the bees seem to make life difficult for the Red Devils.
Brian Mbeumo’s forwarding update is a big blow to Manchester United
If this proves accurate, it’s really bad news for United as they approach the start of a new Premier League season.
Mbeumo was a standout offensive player in last season’s Premier League, finishing with 20 goals and seven assists in 38 league matches.
It’s easy to imagine the 25-year-old being a huge hit at Old Trafford. Reuben Amorim urgently needs upgrades to attack flops and misfits like Marcus Rashford, Antony, Jadon Sancho and Alejandro Garnacho.
This transaction takes a lot of time and doesn’t seem to work for MUFC now.
Man United must stop overpayment for forwarding
Meanwhile, one of the Ratcliffes intervening here is that United have often overpaid players in recent years.
Paul Pogba, Romell Lukaku, Harry Maguire, Antony, Rasmus Hozilund and Mason Mount are just some of the expensive flops that the club had brought about during their later days of Alex Ferguson.
It looks like Mbeumo could have been a great signature, but United should not pay any price to the players they want.
Brentford probably felt rightly able to pay United that they could pay more based on recent overexpenditures, so it could be a blessing in disguise for doing his bit to stop the clubs that run that way.