Manchester United suffer blow as PL rivals launch £70 million bid to hijack top target - Reports
Tottenham Hotspur have reportedly launched a massive bid to sign Manchester United target Bryan Mbeumo. Danish tactician Thomas Frank, who recently moved from Brentford to Spurs, is keen on taking his star player from the Bees with him across London.
As per a report in the Daily Mirror, Tottenham have sent a stunning £70 million bid to sign Mbeumo. They have offered £65 million in fixed fee with another £5 million in add-ons.
However, Manchester United remain the Cameroon star's preferred club. He agreed terms earlier this month but the Red Devils have only made a bid of £60 million.
Brentford reportedly want £70 million for their start player and have been offered the same by Tottenham. The London side are yet to respond but the decision might be down to the player, as per the report.
The bid comes just days after former Manchester United goalkeeper Ben Foster urged Mbeumo to snub a move to Old Trafford. He claimed that a move to Tottenham was better for the winger and said (via TBR Football):
"If you want to be part of something that's going to make you probably a better footballer and work hard, be part of a team, then go to Spurs with Thomas Frank. If you are happy picking up your wages knowing that there's going to be an awful lot more pressure, a lot more eyes on you, judgment, but with their record in the last couple of years of failures, then go to Manchester United."
Mbeumo has just a year left on his current deal but the Bees have an option to extend the deal by another season. He has reportedly demanded £250,000 from the club interested in signing him this summer.
Arsenal icon wants Manchester United target to join Tottenham
Arsenal icon Perry Groves was on talkSPORT earlier this week and urged Bryan Mbeumo to join Tottenham Hotspur. He claimed that Spurs offered him more on the pitch than Manchester United, but the financial side might be a drawback. He said:
"Football-wise, he should go to - and it pains me to say it - he should go to Spurs because of Champions League football and you want to play at the highest level. But financially, that's why Spurs are going to struggle to go at that [potential transfer]. Because all the top teams pay their top players £200,000-a-week plus. Spurs are never going to do that."
Tottenham will play in the UEFA Champions League next season after beating Manchester United in the UEFA Europa League final. The Red Devils have no European football next season after finishing 15th in the Premier League.
