Mbeumo wants Manchester United, Brentford seem to have a replacement in Milambo, and Ruben Amorim surely hopes the 25-year-old is signed before pre-season begins, so the longer the Red Devils haggle over the £5m gap in valuation, the more they risk angering their Lisbon-born coach and supporters too.

Manchester United are preparing their final bid for Bryan Mbeumo after Brentford rejected their second proposal which was in excess of £60 million.The road to landing the Cameroonian has been far