Man United's £60m bid for Bryan Mbeumo rejected by Brentford
Brentford have rejected Manchester United's latest offer, worth around £60 million, for their forward Bryan Mbeumo.
After having an initial bid for the Cameroon international, worth up to £55million rejected, United returned with a fresh bid this week.
The west London club have turned down that offer though as they want a similar sum to the £62.5million fee that United paid for Matheus Cunha, who joined from Wolverhampton Wanderers earlier this month.
It is also understood that Brentford, who earlier named Keith Andrews as their new head coach, want a large chunk of the fee for Mbuemo paid up front.
United remain interested in the 25-year-old, who scored 20 Premier League goals last season although they maintain that they will not pay over the odds.
Mbeumo has scored 70 goals and provided 51 assists in 242 appearances for Brentford, who lost their manager Thomas Frank to Tottenham Hotspur this summer.
It had been reported that Frank would try to take Mbeumo to Spurs with him, but United appear to be in pole position for Brentford's top scorer from last season.
After finishing 15th in the Premier League table, Amorim vowed to revamp his squad this summer and the club have already signed Cunha, the Brazil forward, from Wolves after triggering his release clause.
It is likely to be a busy summer for the club, who are in the market for a striker, a wingback, a midfielder and a goalkeeper but whether they can fill all gaps in their squad will depend to a certain extent on whether they can offload their unwanted players, such as Alejandro Garnacho, Marcus Rashford, Antony and Jadon Sancho.
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