Bryan Mbeumo to Man Utd transfer runs into another problem after Newcastle make move

Bryan Mbeumo's potential move to Manchester United has suffered another blow. United have already had several bids rejected for the Brentford star and the two clubs remain millions apart in their valuation of Mbeumo.

It was recently revealed that appointment of Keith Andrews as Brentford's new head coach has complicated matters as he wants to keep top players like Mbeumo at the club. Andrews replaced Thomas Frank last month after the Dane took over from Ange Postecoglou at Tottenham.

And United's pursuit of Mbeumo has taken another hit after it emerged that Newcastle are targeting Yoane Wissa, with Eintracht Frankfurt striker Hugo Ekitike closing in on a move to Liverpool.

According to talkSPORT, Newcastle are set to make a formal approach for Wissa, who is valued at more than £50m by Brentford. The report also states that Brentford do not want to lose both Wissa and Mbeumo in the same window. As a result, United could miss out on Mbeumo altogether if Newcastle are able to sign Wissa.

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The news comes after Brentford's director of football Phil Giles suggested Mbeumo could end up stating in west London after all. "He had a fantastic season," Giles told BBC Sport said when asked about Mbeumo's future last month.

"We expected big interest in him, we have had big interest in him. He has his ideas about where he wants to take his career, of course he does – he is well within his rights to do that. We are in constant dialogue with him and representatives about that.

"As it stands at the minute we don't have an agreement in place for him to leave. It is not impossible he is still a Brentford player next season if we agree he is going to stay. It has to be the right deal for Brentford, any club will tell you that.

"If it's not right deal why would we do it? He is certainly one of our best players, if not our best player, and we need our best players. There's no harm in keeping your best players."

Mbeumo was key for Brentford last season as he netted 20 Premier League goals in 38 games, with only Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, Newcastle striker Alexander Isak and Manchester City's Erling Haaland outscoring him.

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