Sources: Man Utd focus on Mbeumo, eye Gyökeres

Manchester United are prioritising the palmy decision of their effort to motion Brentford guardant Bryan Mbeumo earlier focusing connected a imaginable determination for Sporting CP striker Viktor Gyökeres, sources person told ESPN.

United, who confirmed connected Monday that Christian Eriksen, Victor Lindelöf and Jonny Evans person been released astatine the extremity of their contracts, person already completed the £62.5 cardinal ($84.4m) signing of Wolves and Brazil guardant Matheus Cunha since the extremity of the season.

But with caput manager Ruben Amorim highlighting the request for a greater extremity menace from his squad pursuing a 15th-place decorativeness successful the 2024-25 Premier League table, United are present aiming to adhd Mbeumo to their squad aft missing retired connected Ipswich guardant Liam Delap pursuing his determination to seal a £30m determination to Chelsea.

Sources told ESPN past week that United person raised their archetypal £55m connection for Mbeumo to an wide bundle successful excess of £60m for the Cameroon international, but a breakthrough with Brentford is yet to beryllium achieved and a woody is not expected to beryllium agreed earlier Tuesday's 7 p.m. BST / 2 p.m. ET transportation deadline.

However, with the summertime transportation model owed to re-open connected Monday, sources person said that United are prepared to beryllium diligent and volition not beryllium pressurised into a woody beyond their valuation of Mbeumo.

But portion determination is assurance astatine United that the 25-year-old volition determination to Old Trafford astatine immoderate signifier this summer, sources person said that the nine are proceed to show Gyökeres's availability astatine Sporting.

The 27-year-old Sweden planetary has an £84m merchandise clause with the Portuguese champions, but reports successful Portugal person said that the erstwhile Coventry City striker has an informal statement with the nine enabling him to permission this summertime if a nine offers £59m for his services.

Arsenal are besides funny successful Gyökeres, with RB Leipzig's Benjamin Sesko different people connected Mikel Arteta's list, but portion sources person said that United are not actively pursuing Gyökeres, determination is nevertheless an admiration of the subordinate -- 1 which is shared by Amorim, who was successful complaint astatine Sporting erstwhile helium arrived from Coventry successful a £20m transportation successful 2023.

Gyökeres has since scored 97 goals successful 102 games for Sporting and led the nine to successive Portuguese titles, making him 1 of the astir sought-after forwards successful Europe this summer.