Brentford and MU have reached the Bryan Mbeumo transfer agreement for £ 70 million. This is a small amount of money, but why is the Reds ready to spend on the Cameroon star?
An effective attack star
Bryan Mbeumo closed the 2024/25 season with impressive performance in the Premier League. That dazzling performance made him attract the attention of many teams including MU. And finally, the Red Devils had a new factor in the attack with a £ 70 million contract.
The 25 -year -old French and Cameroon has scored 20 goals and created 7 times after 38 official matches in the English Premier League last season. Mbeumo is one of the most effective players outside the Big Six group. After 136 appearances in the Premier League, the striker has 42 goals and 30 assists.
His influence on Brentford's attack system is not only in the numbers, but also through the way he changes the match from the right wing corridor. This is where Mbeumo often turns in with his left foot to finish, pass the ball or stretch the opponent.
Mbeumo does not need to hold too much ball to make a difference. The ability to read the match without the ball, the skill of locking the opponent defender and constantly creating a threat in the gap made him an important tactical link. When the opponent was confused, he accelerated; When the match became deadlocked, he brought the way out.
Not only good at attacking, Mbeumo also actively supports defense. He is one of the leading people in the high -level presses of the home team and regularly participates in the ball, which makes him an ideal player in the systems that require overall coordination from the whole team.
Mbeumo is a winger with good ball ability, and the shots from outside his penalty area are in the most sophisticated product in the Premier League, especially among the players who do not play in the Champions League.
This is a model that is very suitable for Man United when there is a way to play directly, hard -working and scoring. The appearance of virtual variables on the right wing corridor and his ability to exploit the space is the perfect addition to Hojlund, while also bringing new energy to a attack that is still struggling to find stable solutions at two borders.
The person that MU is lacking
It is not clear where Ruben Amorim coach will use MBEumo, but the most suitable position may be the “number 10 deviation” in the three striker system, or even Wing-back if needed. He can completely swap flexibly with Amad Diallo in the tactical rotation diagram.
However, the most remarkable thing is how MBeumo will integrate in a new environment, at a giant club like Man United, where the culture is somewhat away from the family atmosphere once in Brentford.
In Brentford, Mbeumo was cheered for personal interests: playing chess, learning piano, reading books and practicing thinking with intellectual applications. The club even bought a piano located at the training center for him to play music for his teammates. Last season, Mbeumo also admitted that he was more stressful when performing a piano for his teammates rather than going to the Premier League stone.
In Man United, which is being managed according to the philosophy of cutting costs thoroughly under Sir Jim Ratcliffe, it is difficult to imagine the leadership will “buy piano because the player likes to play”.
It will be difficult for Mbeumo to get close friendship as with Younge Wissa in Brentford – where Wissa's son also called him “uncle Bryan” (Uncle Bryan). But that might be what Mbeumo himself will bring the dressing room at Old Trafford.
Although not noisy, Mbeumo claimed to have become a leader in Brentford. Almost from the time when joining the team from Troyes in 2019, he was a member of his beloved teammate.
A touching memory is that before the semi-final play-off against Swansea in 2020, Mbeumo asked permission to speak to the whole team. Although English is not proficient, his speech is described as sincere and emotional, touching the team.
Many Brentford fans have hoped that Mbeumo will not follow Watkins, Benrahma or Ivan Toney. But his development is so big that a transfer is only a matter of time. Now, what is the rest is that you choose and at what time.
Now is the time when Mbeumo stepped to a new peak, with larger spotlights and more rigorous examination. But he was ready. As he himself once told the Telegraph Sport: “I don't want to limit myself. I always believe I can go further.”
