Manchester United's 55 million bid to buy Mbeumo was rejected, or add money to put pressure on him! Details of Delap were not revealed

According to David Ornstein, an authoritative transfer expert on The Athletic, Manchester United have made their first offer to Brentford for Bryan Mbeumo, worth £55 million. The offer was said to be a fixed £45 million plus a £10 million floating clause, however, the transfer offer was immediately rejected.

There is no doubt that Manchester United cannot buy Mbeumo at this price, which is much lower than the amount that Brentford are considering selling the Cameroon international striker, and the "Little Bees" want 60 million pounds, and it is a certain amount to get, not including the floating amount.

However, negotiations between the two sides are still ongoing, and according to British media, Manchester United may consider meeting Mbeumo's £250,000-a-week salary demand, thus asking him to pressure Brentford to lower the asking price of the transfer fee. The 25-year-old has one year left on his contract with the club, with an option to extend for a further 12 months. He doesn't want to tear up his face with his old club of seven years, and the priority transfer to Manchester United is only possible if the two clubs agree.

Playing mainly on the right side but also in the middle, Mbeumo joined from Ligue 1 Troyes for £5.8 million in 2019 and has scored 70 goals and provided 51 assists in 242 appearances, dubbed the 'mini Salah'.

Mbeumo has scored 20 goals and eight assists in the Premier League this season, so his agent believes he should earn no less than Manchester United's £62.5 million signing of Cunha, who has scored 15 Premier League goals; At the same time, Brentford also believe that there is no reason for their player to be less expensive than Wolves' number 10, especially given that Amorim has a limited number of strikers at the moment, and they will adopt a tough negotiation stance.

United's new No.9 of the summer window, Liam Delap, was officially announced to join Chelsea on Wednesday. The 22-year-old England striker left Ipswich Town to sign a six-year contract at Stamford Bridge after the Blues activated a £30million liquidated damages clause. Half of the Premier League teams, as well as European Juventus, AC Milan and Bayern Munich, were interested in him, however, he ultimately rejected Manchester United and other teams in favour of Chelsea, according to The Athletic.

Junior Drap is one of the best value players in European football this summer, with Ipswich spending £20 million on him last year. Sir Jim Ratcliffe therefore has reason to regret missing out on the transfer, with United having held face-to-face talks with him on 19 May. Amorim has promised to be the starting centre-forward once Delap joins, and he has the key characteristics he wants as a no.9. Jason Wilcox, who had just been promoted to director of football, met Delap when he was head of youth at Manchester City.

There are fears within United that Delap will be the "England Hojlund", but the biggest difference between the two is the transfer fee, so United do try to sign him and are the team with the most interest. But the decision was in the player's hands, and he had plenty of options to choose from and ultimately rejected an offer from the Red Devils. Chelsea have been confident and they have a good relationship with Ipswich Town, having traded Omari Hutchinson last season. Ipswich is also looking to sign young Blues striker Mark Guiu on loan as a replacement for Delap

Delap has established a relationship with the Chelsea coaching staff more than Manchester United's management. Head coach Enzo Maresca worked with Delap when he was 16 years old when he was manager of Manchester City's Under-23 team, which won the Premier League reserve title in 2020/21, with Delap scoring 24 goals in 20 games, including three hat-tricks. Speaking after joining Chelsea, Delap said: 'I understand the structure of the club and the trajectory of the players and managers.

Not only the manager, but former Manchester City Academy coach Donny van der Kran is now in a similar role at Chelsea. And Joe Shields, the head of academy who signed Delap from the Derby County academy in 2019, is now Chelsea's head of transfers. Another familiar face is Chelsea's head of scouting, Andrew Cousins, who signed Delap on loan from Manchester City when he was Stoke City's head of football. Chelsea also have several of Delap's Manchester City Academy team-mates in their squad, such as Cole Palmer and Romeo Lavia.

Chelsea are also desperate for a new centre-forward, and after Boehly took over the club, they spent £1.5 billion on a man, only to use Jacquesson as the main striker. Delap could face more competition at Stamford Bridge, but with more games in the team, he will certainly get plenty of appearances. Chelsea are very young, with midfielder Caicedo and core Palmer only 23 years old, Enzo Fernandez 24 years old, and captain Reece James 25 years old. In contrast, Bruno Fernandes, the core of Manchester United, is in his thirties.

Not only that, but Chelsea's Champions League play, while not the main factor in Delap's selection of the team, is certainly a plus. Manchester United have been a black hole for talented players over the past few years, with Chelsea's environment more stable than the Red Devils, and there is no suspense in the selection of players when conditions are equal.