MANCHESTER UNITED are set to join transfer race for Bryan Mbeumo despite being on brink of Matheus Cunha deal, according to reports.
Telegraph Sport reported that the 25-year-old forward is expected to be one of ‘s top targets.
Wolves striker is another target for the Manchester club – – but plays mainly through the middle so does not take up the same space as Mbeumo.
Mbeumo has scored 18 – three more than Cunha’s 15 – in the league this season and is rated at £60 million.
The hefty price tag, alongside Cunha’s £62.5million release clause, could mean that United look to profits earned by the sales of loanees (at ), (at Chelsea) and Antony (at ).
Mbeumo joined Brentford as a 19-year-old in 2019 from .
He was a part of the squad that got promoted to the Premier League in 2021 and started this Sunday as
Brentford boss admitted to Sky Sports earlier this season that the player could leave.
He said: “If the price is right – and that’s going to be expensive – is coming, then I’m sure the club will be open to it.
“I’ve said many times: we are a selling club.”;
have suffered a disappointing season sat at 15th with three games to go and striker inconsistencies have been a big part of it.
Injuries to players such as and have punctured their front line, reinforcements could be key to improving next season.
