United hoping for third time lucky with £70m Bry bid

Reds optimistic new offer will be enough to secure signature

- By GEORGE SMITH

MANCHESTER United are confident of wrapping up the signing of attacker Bryan Mbeumo after submitting a third bid for the Brentford star.

United have submitted a third bid for the Cameroonian international, understood to be worth up to £70million.

They have offered £65m up front and an additional £5m in add-ons.

United have been locked in talks with Brentford for just over six weeks, meaning they will now be hoping it will be third time lucky in their quest to lure him to Old Trafford.

Mbeumo made it crystal clear several weeks ago that he wants to move to M16.

After scoring 20 Premier League goals last season, Mbeumo would be a second statement signing of the summer for United.

They have already splashed out £62.5m on bringing Matheus Cunha, who scored 17 goals last term, to the club from Wolves.

Cunha is expected to occupy the left-sided No.10 position in head coach Ruben Amorim’s 3-4-2-1 formation and there is a strong chance Mbeumo could be installed as the right-sided playmaker.

His versatility, though, means he could be deployed elsewhere.

Primarily a winger throughout his time at Brentford, Mbeumo is renowned for cutting in from the right and making full use of his trustworthy left foot.