Manchester United have submitted an improved bid of greater than £60m for Brentford striker Bryan Mbeumo.

This month United had a bid rejected for the 25-year-old of £45m plus as much as £10m in add-ons.

Talks over the Cameroon ahead, who would turn into the membership’s second signing of the summer time, are on account of proceed this week.

Following the £62.5m seize of Matheus Cunha from Wolves, United are eager to additional strengthen Ruben Amorim’s squad earlier than they return for pre-season coaching on 7 July.

New Tottenham supervisor Thomas Frank was eager to be reunited with Mbeumo, whereas there has additionally been curiosity within the ahead from different Champions League golf equipment.

Sources have steered Brentford would need no less than the identical payment as Wolves have obtained for Cunha earlier than they comply with the sale of a participant who nonetheless has a 12 months left on his contract.

As with Cunha, Mbeumo’s Premier League expertise is considered as a significant optimistic as Amorim wants gamers who can hit the bottom working as United look to make a extra optimistic begin to the season than their three sluggish efforts underneath Erik ten Hag.

Mbeumo scored a career-best 20 targets for Brentford final season, whereas he additionally contributed 9 assists to the Bees’ trigger.

A global colleague of United goalkeeper Andre Onana, Mbeumo is prone to miss 4 weeks of the 2025-26 marketing campaign due to Cameroon’s participation within the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.

Cameroon play Gabon of their opening group recreation on 24 December.

The renewed transfer for Mbeumo comes as the way forward for Alejandro Garnacho is as soon as once more the topic of intense debate after he posted a picture of himself carrying an Aston Villa shirt with the identify ‘Rashford’ on his social media channels.

Fellow United outcast Marcus Rashford responded to the publish with a ‘my brother’ message to the Argentina ahead, who has been valued at £60m after being advised by Amorim to search out one other membership this summer time.