Man Utd handed 'embarrassing' warning as £65m Bryan Mbeumo chase suffers blow

Manchester United will be left “embarrassed” if Tottenham beat them to the signing of £65million target Bryan Mbeumo.

United have had two bids for Mbeumo rejected by Brentford, who are holding out for £65m for their Cameroon forward. As it stands, United are £2.5m short of that figure, which has left the door open for Spurs to move for Mbeumo and reunite him with former Brentford boss Thomas Frank.

Although Mbeumo is holding out for a move to United, Spurs have still not given up on landing him, with former Old Trafford star Paul Parker warning his old club they face humiliation if the 25-year-old moves across London.

“It’ll be very embarrassing for Manchester United if they can’t get the deal for Bryan Mbeumo over the line,” Parker told Gameshub. “That said, I do think they will get the deal done, I think it’s clear that Old Trafford is his preference.

“If they don’t get him, it’ll be down to the club failing to get the deal down, rather than Mbeumo not wanting to go to Old Trafford.

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“Everyone is saying that the pull of Thomas Frank at Tottenham will make him sign there, but he was happy to leave the manager. He wanted to leave Brentford whilst Frank was still in charge.

“We don’t know if Daniel Levy is a fan of his either, he has a big say over the incomings at the football club – that said, they do need something in that front line at Spurs. Heung-min Son has lost that sharpness and they’re lacking in that frontline.”

Parker also claimed United striker Marcus Rashford has “burnt his bridges” at the club and must seek a fresh start elsewhere to restart his career, after spending the second half of last season on loan at Aston Villa.

“Rashford must move on from United and prove himself once again,” said Parker. “I think he’s got that inside of him, there’s still a fire in his belly, but he must prove it to himself.

“It’s clear he doesn’t have the appetite to play for United anymore and it’s a shame, but that’s how it’s become. It doesn’t seem like anyone really wants to touch him now. He’s had his people working for him, trying to sell him and say how well he was playing for Villa when in my mind, he wasn’t.

“Players like Jacob Ramsey and Ollie Watkins were dropped in place of him, I’d of been unhappy with that. He's burnt his bridges at Old Trafford, there’s been people that supported him, he’s a local boy and they’re the ones who are going to back you.

“They want to see effort, not losing the ball and just shrugging your shoulders.”

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