The January transfer window is now wide open and teams across the Premier League are weighing up moves in a bid to improve their squads for the second half of the season.
Despite not being tipped to spend much money this month, Manchester United are one of the clubs hoping to be active and creative in the coming weeks with Ruben Amorim in desperate need to add extra quality to his ranks.
It is also a time to put the feelers out for potential summer signings with teams desperate to hang on to their star men until the end of the current campaign.
As reported by The Mirror, United are doing just that with Brentford forward Bryan Mbeumo whose form has led to him being courted by a number of Premier League clubs.
Arsenal and Newcastle have registered their interest in the Cameroon international with United the latest to throw their hat in the ring of potential destinations for the player, should he leave the Bees.
Brentford manager Thomas Frank has already quashed the notion of him leaving West London this month but given his form since arriving in the Premier League it’ll be hard to stop the big fish turning his head come summer time.
Mbeumo has been a consistently high performer since joining Frank’s side and has been in sensational form since the start of this season, in particular.
The 25-year-old has struck 13 times in his 20 Premier League games so far and has been a major reason behind Brentford’s good form in the English top flight.
It’s reported a bid of £40 million might be enough to tempt the Londoners to part ways with their star man in the summer market. Mbeumo is reportedly happy to stay put until then.
Mbeumo would certainly fit the Amorim system with his versatility in forward areas and work rate no doubt appealing to United’s new head coach.
Before then, however, Amorim will have to navigate United to the end of a season that the club as a whole will be happy to see the back of, given the form on the pitch and the upheaval off it.
United produced their best performance of the campaign against league leaders Liverpool at the weekend and will hope to build on that this Sunday as they start the defence of their FA Cup crown away to Mikel Arteta’s Arsenal.
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Conner Botterill
Conner Botterill has been with The Peoples Person for two years. A keen match-going red with degrees in Sport and Journalism and Philosophy and Psychology, Conner still believes he has a chance of making United’s first team through his 5-a-side career.
