Mbeumo rubbed shoulders with Ronaldo on three occasions after he returned to Old Trafford in 2021. The first two outings ended in Brentford defeats before a truly seismic afternoon at the Gtech Community Stadium in August 2022 which saw Mbeumo score the final goal in a 4–0 thrashing of United.

Manchester United announced the signing of forward Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford for a transfer fee sources told ESPN was worth in excess of £70m.

United have finally convinced Brentford to sell Bryan Mbeumo and Fabrizio Romano has provided clarity on their next two potential signings.

Following weeks of slow progress, Manchester United are on the cusp of completing an important handful of summer transfer deals. Old Trafford chiefs have had the freedom to address other areas of the squad since finding a breakthrough with Brentford over the imminent £71million switch of Bryan Mbeumo.