Bryan Mbeumo has made a huge impact at United but could bring an added bonus we haven’t seen yet
Sean McCormick Football Content Editor
12:06, 05 Sep 2025
Sean McCormick is a content editor across our North East and Yorkshire football clubs. He was previously a Newcastle United reporter, a trends writer covering both the Magpies and Sunderland AFC, as well as a football content editor at the Manchester Evening News. He also writes about darts and boxing. He joined us in 2016.
Bryan Mbeumo of Cameroon
Bryan Mbeumo has already delivered exactly what he was brought to Manchester United to do: score goals.
The 26-year-old, who joined from Brentford in the summer for a deal that could rise to £71million, has scored in each of his last two games for United.
Having scored 20 Premier League goals for the Bees last season, Mbeumo was brought in, alongside Matheus Cunha and Benjamin Sesko, to cure United’s goalscoring woes from last term.
So far, so good, for the Cameroon international.
Starting on the right hand side of United’s front three, Mbeumo has improved the team’s pressing from the front and found the back of the net against Grimsby and Burnley.
Ahead of next Sunday’s Manchester derby, the former Troyes forward is arguably United’s biggest goalscoring threat they will bring to the Etihad.
As well as scoring goals, though, Mbeumo’s assist record at Brentford was equally as good.
Last season he registered nine assists in all competitions following on from seven in both 2023/24 and 2021/22, eight in 2022/23 and 12 in 2020/21 – the season Brentford were promoted to the Premier League.
While he is yet to register an assist for United, he was at his creative best for Cameroon on Thursday as he helped the Indomitable Lions beat Eswatini 3-0 in their World Cup qualifier in Yaounde.
Mbeumo created both of Cameroon’s first two goals. The first was an excellent inswinging cross from the right-hand side which forced Eswatini defender Gift Gamedze to divert the ball into his own net.
The second assist was almost identical, although this time his inswinging delivery was met by the head of Georges-Kevin Nkoudou to double their lead.
The win left Cameroon one point adrift of group leaders Cape Verde with three matches remaining in the race to qualify for next year’s World Cup.
Yes, 155th world ranked nation Eswatini isn’t an indicator of the level of opposition Mbeumo will come up against in the Premier League but it serves as a reminder of what else he will bring to United other than goals.
Ahead of the Manchester derby, United will be hopeful he can be at his creative best when they make the short trip across the city to face their local rivals next weekend.
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