Man Utd in race against time to meet Amorim's deadline to sign 'frustrated' star
Manchester United boss Ruben Amorim wants a deal for Bryan Mbeumo finalised before their pre-season tour of the US begins on July 22. The Red Devils have already had two bids rejected by Brentford, who want more than the £62.5million United paid for Matheus Cunha.
And United are now in a race against time to sign Mbeumo before they leave for America later this month to play three games against West Ham, Bournemouth and Everton. Mbeumo has also been left frustrated by the situation, with negotiations dragging on.
Mbeumo has made it clear that he wants to join United and Ashu Cyprian Besong, Cameroon's assistant coach, has revealed the forward is not happy with how things are going. "Yes, obviously he's very frustrated with how long it's taken," Besong told Telecom Asia.
"But he's a professional and anticipates these things. I spoke to him about a week ago and he is very calm with everything that is going on. 'But of course, he's already told them he wants to go to United.
"He just wanted the two clubs to find an agreement, as he's very grateful for the opportunity that he's been given by Brentford in his career."
However, Brentford have hinted that Mbeumo will remain at the club if their asking price is not met, with director of football Phil Giles telling BBC Sport last month: "He had a fantastic season.
"We expected big interest in him, we have had big interest in him. He has his ideas about where he wants to take his career, of course he does – he is well within his rights to do that. We are in constant dialogue with him and representatives about that.
"As it stands at the minute we don't have an agreement in place for him to leave. It is not impossible he is still a Brentford player next season if we agree he is going to stay. It has to be the right deal for Brentford, any club will tell you that.
"If it's not right deal why would we do it? He is certainly one of our best players, if not our best player, and we need our best players. There's no harm in keeping your best players."
Mbeumo enjoyed an outstanding campaign for Brentford last season, netting 20 Premier League goals in 38 appearances. Only Liverpool's Mohamed Salah, Newcastle star Alexander Isak and Manchester City striker Erling Haaland managed found the back of the net more times
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