{"id":16382,"date":"2025-06-28T02:06:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T02:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/bryan-mbeumo-manchester-uniteds-second-bid-worth-62-5mfor-forward-rejected-by-brentford\/"},"modified":"2025-06-28T02:06:49","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T02:06:49","slug":"bryan-mbeumo-manchester-uniteds-second-bid-worth-62-5mfor-forward-rejected-by-brentford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/sport\/bryan-mbeumo-manchester-uniteds-second-bid-worth-62-5mfor-forward-rejected-by-brentford\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Mbeumo: Manchester United&#8217;s second bid worth \u00a362.5mfor forward rejected by Brentford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Manchester United have had an improved bid worth up to \u00a362.5m for Bryan Mbeumo rejected by Brentford.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">United have bid \u00a355m plus \u00a37.5m in add-ons for the 25-year-old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They had a bid of \u00a345m plus up to \u00a310m in add-ons for the Cameroon forward turned down earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">United are looking to add goals to their side having already signed forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/clyr869q022o\" class=\"ssrcss-k8mrr8-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\">Matheus Cunha from Wolves for \u00a362.5m.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sources have suggested Brentford would want at least the same fee as Wolves have received for Cunha up front before they agree to the sale of a player who still has a year left on his contract.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mbeumo scored a career-best 20 goals for Brentford last season and contributed nine assists.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">United may face competition from elsewhere, with new Tottenham manager Thomas Frank keen to be reunited with Mbeumo, while there has also been interest from other Champions League clubs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">An international colleague of United goalkeeper Andre Onana, Mbeumo is likely to miss four weeks of the 2025-26 campaign because of Cameroon&#8217;s participation in the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Cameroon play Gabon in their opening group game on 24 December.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mbeumo joined Brentford from French club Troyes in 2019, when the Bees were still in the Championship.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He has scored 70 goals in 242 appearances in all competitions, helping the west London club earn promotion to the top flight in 2021.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/football\/articles\/c62gxnwvng8o\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester United have had an improved bid worth up to \u00a362.5m for Bryan Mbeumo rejected by Brentford. United have bid \u00a355m plus \u00a37.5m in add-ons for the 25-year-old. They had a bid of \u00a345m plus up to \u00a310m in add-ons for the Cameroon forward turned down earlier this month. 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