{"id":219389,"date":"2025-06-27T19:29:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T19:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/219389\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T19:29:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T19:29:13","slug":"bryan-mbeumo-informs-brentford-tottenham-of-decision-to-join-manchester-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/219389\/","title":{"rendered":"Bryan Mbeumo informs Brentford, Tottenham of decision to join Manchester United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bryan Mbeumo has informed Brentford and Tottenham Hotspur of his decision to sign for Manchester United if he makes a transfer this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Mbeumo is under contract at Brentford until June 2026 and they have an option to extend the deal by a further 12 months.<\/p>\n<p>But the 26-year-old forward has attracted interest from likes of Arsenal, Manchester United, Newcastle United and Spurs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/6332515\/2025\/06\/02\/manchester-united-bryan-mbeumo-transfer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Athletic revealed<\/a> that he wants to join Manchester United, subject to the clubs reaching an agreement, and they contacted Brentford to discuss a switch.<\/p>\n<p>An opening offer worth \u00a345million plus \u00a310m in add-ons fell some way short of Brentford\u2019s valuation.<\/p>\n<p>A second proposal at \u00a355m and \u00a37.5m of bonuses was also rejected \u2014 but talks continue as the 20-time English champions attempt to find a compromise.<\/p>\n<p>Admiration for Mbeumo at Spurs increased after Thomas Frank moved from Brentford to become their new head coach.<\/p>\n<p>But the Cameroon international notified Frank and Brentford that should he depart the Gtech Community Stadium now, it will be for Old Trafford.<\/p>\n<p>Reports of Spurs submitting a bid have been denied in north London and they are no longer pursuing the situation \u2014 a stance that might change only if Manchester United do not complete the acquisition.<\/p>\n<p>Their boss Ruben Amorim has targeted Mbeumo after landing fellow attacker Matheus Cunha from Wolverhampton Wanderers for \u00a362.5m \u2014 a figure Brentford aim to exceed.<\/p>\n<p>Funds are said to be available for Manchester United to secure the former Troyes attacker without requiring sales in advance.<\/p>\n<p>However, they plan to remain disciplined and avoid overpaying for players in the market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">(Photo: David Rogers\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bryan Mbeumo has informed Brentford and Tottenham Hotspur of his decision to sign for Manchester United if he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219390,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8813],"tags":[9310,748,393,4884,2465,98,101,201,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-219389","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-manchester","8":"tag-brentford","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-manchester","13":"tag-manchester-united","14":"tag-premier-league","15":"tag-tottenham-hotspur","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114756987753002213","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219389\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}