Bryan Mbeumo Opens Door To Major Milestone No Man Utd Player Has Achieved In 12 Years

Manchester United guardant Bryan Mbeumo hasn’t ruled retired scoring 20 Premier League goals successful his first play pinch nan club, refusing to group himself a target aliases limit.

Mbeumo deed that fig successful nan convention for Brentford past season, much than double his best-ever erstwhile top-flight tally (nine). That prompted United to yet perpetrate to a £71 cardinal ($93.9 million) transportation during nan summertime successful a bid to boost nan goalscoring threat successful nan squad.

The Cameroon world impressed from time one, causing Arsenal plentifulness of problem pinch his activity successful nan first Premier League crippled of nan season—albeit not uncovering nan net. Mbeumo managed a maiden United extremity against Grimsby Town successful nan Carabao Cup successful precocious August and now has 4 much successful 9 convention appearances to his name, scoring doubly past clip out.

Asked aft that crippled against Brighton & Hove Albion—which marked a 3rd successive convention triumph for Ruben Amorim’s broadside only days aft winning 2 successful a statement nether nan Portuguese coach for nan first time—if he could people 20 successful nan convention again, Mbeumo was unfastened to nan challenge.

“I ever effort to purpose large successful everything that I do,” he said. “I effort not to group limits connected myself and connected what I tin reach. I americium conscionable going to activity connected that arsenic overmuch arsenic possible.

“Everyone wants to conflict for arsenic precocious arsenic possible,” nan subordinate added, noting United’s abrupt climb up nan table—only 2 points abstracted them from second-place Bournemouth. “We want to triumph arsenic galore games arsenic we tin and that is what we are going to effort and do.”

A new-look guardant statement is starting to click. / Molly Darlington/Getty Images

In summation to spending large connected Mbeumo, United agreed to salary £62.5 cardinal for Matheus Cunha and up to £73.7 cardinal for Benjamin Šeško successful a complete overhaul of nan team’s guardant line, nan biggest weakness from past play that needed addressing.

Now that Cunha has recovered nan nett successful a United shirt, producing a high-quality opener against Brighton, each 3 guardant are among nan goals. There is optimism astir what that trio tin execute successful nan remaining play ahead, pinch United now capable to attraction solely connected nan Premier League until January, but Mbeumo insists it has taken activity down nan scenes to commencement clicking for illustration this.

“It hasn’t been easy evidently because we each came this twelvemonth and we tried to make nan connections successful training,” he said. “It hasn’t been easy coming into this environment, a large club, nan expectations are not easy to grip but pinch nan teammates, everyone is helping me, helping nan team, helping nan caller players and I deliberation that was very important.

“We are very happy for [Cunha]. We are increasing nan link-ups betwixt [myself, Cunha, Šeško]. Of course, nan unit is disconnected [Cunha’s] shoulders pinch nan goal, he was waiting for it.”

Man Utd Top Scorer by Season—Premier League Era

If Mbeumo tin spell connected to people 20 Premier League goals successful 2025–26, he would beryllium nan first Manchester United subordinate to scope that azygous play milestone since Robin van Persie (26) did it successful Sir Alex Ferguson’s last run successful complaint much than a decade ago.

Throughout nan Premier League era, it has been comparatively uncommon that a azygous United subordinate has deed 20 successful nan convention successful a fixed season. In nan early years of dominance, it tended to beryllium that nan extremity load was dispersed crossed aggregate players successful nan team, while much precocious location has been a constricted output overall. Last play was nan first clip that nary subordinate managed double figures successful nan league.

Robin van Persie was nan past Man Utd to people 20 goals successful a azygous Premier League season. / Alex Livesey/Getty Images

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