Man United willing to meet Bryan Mbeumo’s extraordinary wage demands as talks begin

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Manchester United have made contact with Brentford over their move for Brentford winger Bryan Mbeumo, talkSPORT understands.The 25-year-old is believed to have already given his approval over a summer switch to Old Trafford.Mbeumo could be set for a move to United this summer following a brilliant seasonGettyBut the Bees are holding out for a fee of £60million, which would eclipse their £40m club-record sale of Ivan Toney to Al Ahli last year.It is understood that United are prepared to meet Mbeumo’s whopping wage demands in order to join the Red Devils, who failed to secure European football for next term.The Cameroon international wants £250,000 to sign on the dotted line.Incredibly, that is five times his current salary at the Gtech Community Stadium, where he pockets £50k on a weekly basis.Mbeumo recently enjoyed the most productive season of his career to date to help Brentford seal tenth spot in the top-flight.Featuring in all of the west London outfit’s 38 Premier League matches, he chipped in with 20 goals and seven assists.Only Mohamed Salah, Alexander Isak and Erling Haaland scored more goals in the division than the ex-Troyes man.And with just one year left on his deal, Brentford know this would be the best time to cash in on the player to avoid losing him on a free transfer.Newcastle have also held interest in Mbeumo, but the forward only has eyes on linking up with Ruben Amorim’s men.Potential suitors were given a boost in their quest to secure Mbeumo’s services last month when Brentford boss Thomas Frank admitted he may be sold.Mbeumo has scored 70 goals in 242 games for Brentford since arriving from Troyes in 2019GettyThe winger was one of the Premier League’s standout players in the 24/25 seasonSpeaking after the 1-1 draw away at Wolves in Brentford’s final game of the campaign, he said: “I can definitely understand the interest in him.“There should be interest in him. He is at his best age, he has scored 20 goals.“I would like to keep him, but we are a selling club so if someone comes in with the right price.”United are acting fast in their preparations for the new 2025/26 season as they look to assemble a squad capable of qualifying for Europe following a nightmare term which saw them up in 15th spot.Matheus Cunha has already been snapped up from Wolves in a £62.5m deal.And they remain in the hunt for a striker after seemingly missing out to Chelsea in the race to land Liam Delap.