Bryan Mbeumo has now chosen his new club | OneFootball

Following claimed interest from the likes of Spurs, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Arsenal, Bryan Mbeumo has now chosen his new club.

The usually very reliable David Ornstein reporting (see below) that the Brentford player is set to join Manchester United, providing that all parties can reach agreement.

My reaction when something like this happens after Newcastle United have previously been reported to be interested in the particular player, is almost always the same.

That as fans, we don’t know all the ins and outs of what has (and hasn’t happened), you know, the actual facts. So no need to have an extreme negative reaction to a player not signing for Newcastle United, who we had been led to believe by the media, might be joining NUFC.

I think Bryan Mbeumo is a good player and if he had signed for Newcastle then I would have been happy with that. However, there are plenty of other good players out there and as I say, when it comes to the facts of exactly what has and hasn’t happened, especially when it comes to money, then how do you know there is anything to get upset about?

Maybe Brentford are wanting £10m or £20m more than Newcastle United are wanting/able to pay, maybe Bryan Mbeumo wants £100,000 a week (£5m a year) more in wages than United are ready to pay him. Maybe Bryan Mbeumo was a Man U gloryhunter as a kid when growing up in France?

Eddie Howe and Newcastle United want/need to bring in a number of new first team contenders this summer and will have a ballpark figure of what can be allocated on transfer fees and wages. We will only know once the summer trading has ended, whether Newcastle United have been successful in recruitment, so a ‘little’ bit dramatic to be getting upset after the opening two days of the transfer window.

As others have mentioned, almost all of Newcastle United’s big signings have only became public very close to the final deal getting done. So I am always sceptical when we have these long running very public supposed chases for a player, with loads of other clubs linked as well as Newcastle United, as to whether any of these claimed targets will end up at St James’ Park. So often the player’s agents and the selling club very keen to push the price and interest up, by feeding the media, as indeed Thomas Frank did in this case, as well as no doubt Mbeumo’s agents.

The fact is that Manchester United can no longer attract the top top players and that has gone on for a number of years now, then due to that they have been paying over the odds on lower quality players, both wages and transfer fees.

Man U fans are claiming with Bryan Mbeumo that he wants to join them because they are such a massive club. Safe to say that the massive wages they pay to so many players will surely be very much a factor, if not the factor.

I’m a little dubious as to just how interested Newcastle United might have been, if at all. Bryan Mbeumo will be 26 by the time the new season kicks off, years older than the usual NUFC big money signing. Not impossible that United were interested in him buy I think if Mbeumo was say aged 22, then Newcastle far more willing to push the boat out, whilst Man U as ever always looking for expensive quick fixes who are in their prime (or beyond it!) and will be depreciating assets, dropping in value as they get older.

Bryan Mbeumo seemingly heading to a club that is a total mess and has no European football at all to offer, whilst claimed to be at least three other clubs interested who could offer Champions League football AND arguably far more chance of winning trophies…

David Ornstein reporting for The Athletic – 3 June 2025:

Bryan Mbeumo has decided he wants to join Manchester United, and the Old Trafford club is set to open talks with Brentford as they pursue an agreement to sign the forward this summer.

Mbeumo, 25, has a year left on his contract at the Gtech Community Stadium and it includes an option for Brentford to extend by 12 months.

Last season was the Cameroon international’s most productive since joining from French side Troyes in 2019, contributing 20 goals and eight assists.

It has attracted interest from the likes of Arsenal, Newcastle United, and Tottenham Hotspur — but Mbeumo favours a switch to Manchester United, if they can strike a deal with Brentford.