Man Utd Failed With £50 Million Bid For Bryan Mbeumo Alternative—report

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Manchester United were reportedly among nan teams to neglect pinch a £50 cardinal ($66.6 million) move for Bournemouth guardant Antoine Semenyo during nan summer.

Semenyo, 25, has started nan play successful electrical shape for nan Cherries. He has 9 extremity involvements from arsenic many Premier League appearances, trailing only Erling Haaland successful nan scoring charts and besides sitting 2nd erstwhile it comes to assists.

Predictably, his shape has sparked each sorts of rumours astir a big-money transportation successful 2026 but, The Telegraph study that United tried to hit nan unreserved pinch a £50 cardinal bid during nan early weeks of nan summertime window.

The Red Devils, alongside Tottenham Hotspur, some tried to lure Semenyo distant from Bournemouth aft an awesome 2024–25 run which yielded 11 goals and six assists, but nan Cherries declined nan chance to do business.

Just really Semenyo would person fresh into United’s transportation plans is unclear. They wrapped up their £62.5 cardinal pursuit of Matheus Cunha successful early June and past turned their attraction to signing different attacker, which ended up being Bryan Mbeumo.

It seems apt that United explored a move for Semenyo arsenic an replacement to Mbeumo, fixed negotiations pinch Brentford complete nan Cameroon world proved to beryllium some agelong and expensive, yet concluding pinch a handshake complete a £71 cardinal interest successful precocious July.

Antoine Semenyo has shone this play for Bournemouth. / Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

Contributing to Bournemouth’s determination to cull United’s attack for Semenyo was nan winger’s penchant to enactment and proceed his improvement connected nan southbound coast. His loyalty was rewarded pinch a caller statement and a salary emergence successful July.

While he is now tied to Bournemouth until 2030, Semenyo is still seen arsenic a apt campaigner for waste adjacent summer. The Ghana international’s caller statement moreover includes an undisclosed merchandise clause to thief facilitate an exit further down nan line.

United will person nan chance to trigger that merchandise clause adjacent summertime if they wish, but location nary longer appears to beryllium an evident spot successful Ruben Amorim’s squad for different costly forward, fixed striker Benjamin Šeško completed a new-look trio which costs complete £200 cardinal by nan extremity of nan summer.

Indeed, overmuch of nan caller speculation has revolved astir Arsenal and Liverpool. Semenyo is simply a self-confessed instrumentality of nan Gunners, perchance handing Mikel Arteta’s broadside a boost if they chose to prosecute a deal.