Bryan Mbeumo had his pick of several clubs, but he decided to go to Manchester United after a friendly conversation with Ruben Amorim.

Amorim will hope he can bring the buccaneer spirit he showed at Brentford to United. “We had in our heads that we could win every game,” Mbeumo says. “So we just try to not be scared of the names in their team and then we just try to play.” The only time Mbeumo does get nervous is when playing the piano, his other cerebral hobby.

Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo is the latest through the door following a dreary saga with Man Utd succumbing to the Bees’ financial demands.