Man Utd hijack Brentford bid for wonderkid just days after snaring £71m Bryan Mbeumo from Premier League rivals
HE'S THE GUEYE Man Utd hijack Brentford bid for wonderkid just days after snaring £71m Bryan Mbeumo from Premier League rivals
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BRENTFORD face a transfer battle with Manchester United over whizkid Idrissa Gueye.
The Bees are reeling from losing forward Bryan Mbeumo to the Red Devils in a £71million deal.
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Idrissa Gueye celebrates scoring his first goal for Metz just days after arriving
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Gueye could act as the perfect replacement for wantaway Yoane Wissa
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Yoane Wissa is also set to leave this summer — but new boss Keith Andrews feels he can put one over United chief Ruben Amorim by landing Senegalese kid Gueye.
Andrews wants to snap up the Metz forward, 18, but thought Brentford had only Southampton to beat for his signature.
Yet United and Burnley have since joined the hunt, along with German side Borussia Dortmund.
And the fierce competition has forced Bees chief to now look at matching his French club's £15m asking price.
Brentford can offer Gueye a chance at early Premier League football, while United only see him as a long-term project.
The Clarets are late to the chase but remain realistic candidates as they too could offer a quicker route to first-team football.
The teenager only joined Ligue 2 Metz from Senegalese club Génération Foot in January, making his debut in a goalless draw with Lorient.
He scored his first goal in a 3-1 win over Paris FC just days after arriving, but saw his special occasion end in A&E.
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Gueye collided with an opponent and was rushed to hospital with damage to his teeth.
Gueye was also part of the Senegal squad that handed Thomas Tuchel his first defeat as England boss.
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After an early Harry Kane opener, the African side turned the game around to secure a historic 3-1 win at the City Ground, though Gueye was an unused substitute.
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