Reveal the 3 advantages of Mbeumo to attract Manchester United! The Premier League sprint king is almost full attendance, and his shooting is as good as Cristiano Ronaldo's

Barring any surprises, Manchester United's second deal of the summer window will be the signing of right-winger Bryan Mbeumo from Brentford after confirming their first signing for Cunha for £62.5 million. Now the question is not whether to join, but only the amount of the transfer fee.

Mbeumo's 20 goals and eight assists in the Premier League last season are enough to explain why Ruben Amorim wants him to join Manchester United. But there are many more reasons, the first of which is certainly the running of the 25-year-old Cameroon international.

One statistic shows that Mbeumo has the most sprints without the ball in the league with 341 attempts, and he is one of the best players in English football without the ball. Of United's current players, only Diogu Dalow is at the top of the sprint charts.

At the 2022 World Cup, Mbeumo was also the player with the most sprints, with 177, while he also received 190 of his team-mates and won the ball between the opposition midfielder and defender 54 times.

This is a far cry from his future partner Cunha, where the 26-year-old Brazilian striker likes to walk without the ball, so United need another partner who can help him make up for that shortcoming. Mbeumo, who plays directly, is clearly the right person.

Another statistic shows that Mbemo is not only willing to run, can run, but also runs fast! His sprint speed of 36.6 km/h is second only to Tottenham defender Donny van der Ven and Manchester City midfielder Mateus Nunes in the Premier League this season. Sweden's fast horse Elanga, who is familiar to Manchester United, is also behind Mbeumo in this ranking.

Mbeumo's second advantage lies in his "iron man" attributes, in the 38 rounds of the Premier League this season, Brentford's No. 19 is almost full! He was substituted in the 87th minute of the 2-1 win over Fulham and started and played the rest of the game.

Apart from missing 13 games after ankle surgery last season, Mbeumo has been alive and well for the most part. He has only missed three other games since the summer of 2021. Considering the way he and the team play, it's enough to say that his fitness is impressive.

The third characteristic that sets Mbeumo apart from the current Manchester United star is his character and life. Off the pitch, Mbeumo doesn't look like a typical Premier League star. His hobby is to play chess, and he sometimes plays online with strangers on his mobile phone in the locker room before matches. Mbemo is also obsessed with reading, which will be very much appreciated by the old gentleman, who has always advised Manchester United players to read more books and play less on social media. Mbemo also uses video games and brain training apps to improve his cognitive abilities.

In addition, in his spare time, Mbemo teaches himself to play the piano by watching video tutorials on the Internet, for which Brentford bought a piano for him at the training ground, and it is said that he likes to play the works of Italian composer Rudovico Aiaudi the most.

Mbemo was so focused on training that he hired a physiotherapist who regularly visited him to recover. He asked an expert to analyze his posture, and another to help with the mental side of the game. At the same time, he also hired a private chef out of his own pocket to ensure that his diet was scientific.

It all probably stems from his origins. Mbumo's football journey begins in the historic town of Avalão in the Burgundy region of France, a three-hour drive south of Paris. Born and raised there, Mbemo hone his skills on the asphalt road near his home.

"We always play football outside, no matter the time or place." Mbemo told the Premier League's official website, "My mum can see the park from the window of the house and when it's time to go home, she'll call me by name."

Mbeumo's talent attracted the nearby Troyes club, which he joined at the age of 13. He was part of Troyes' youth team, which won the French Under-18 national title in 2018 and made his senior debut at the age of 18. At that time, Troyes was still a Ligue 1 team, but they were relegated to Ligue 2 that year.

Mbeumo came close to helping his parent club return to the first division, scoring 10 goals in 36 league games as the team finished third, but lost in the promotion play-offs. Troyes failed to return to Ligue 1, but Mbeumo received a call from Brentford.

Who is Brentford? That was Mbeumo's first reaction at the time, and it was normal for the "Little Bees" to be unknown at that time, as the last time they played in the English top flight was in the 40s.

However, head coach Thomas Frank managed to convince Mbeumo by coming up with a statistic showing that the team watched almost every game of Mbeumo's season!

The London club's owner, Matthew Benham, technical director Lee Dekkes, football director Anders Ankerson and manager Frank and others flew to France on a private jet in an attempt to strike a deal. But the negotiations went awry, and the deal fell apart.

Benrahma recalled: "We spoke to the players, the agent and the opposing club, but it fell apart. Not only that, but on the way back, the pilot said that he had encountered bad weather, snow, thunder and lightning in London. I thought to myself, what the hell, when we left France, it was still 43°C! But luckily, we landed safely, and more importantly, we managed to turn the deal around a few days later and we ended up signing Mbeumo."

Mbeumo spent £5.8 million on Brentford, which now looks like a 'cabbage price', but at the time it was already the highest transfer fee in the club's history. Anksson told the team's defender at the time, El Pontus Jansson, that "we bought a young player from France and if he doesn't become a world-class player in a few years I would be very disappointed."

Mbeumo, who scored 16 goals in his first Championship season, formed a trident alongside Aston Villa's Ollie Watkins and former West Ham United star Benrahma as Brentford reached the promotion play-off final before losing to Fulham after extra-time.

Watkins then moved to Villa and Benrahma joined West Ham United, but Mbeumo showed his adaptability by forming a new partnership with Ivan Toney, who joined from Peterborough in the Championship. In the 433 formation, he played as a right winger, scoring eight goals and providing 12 assists, as they returned to Wembley Stadium and entered the Premier League for the first time by beating Swansea in the play-off final.

However, after Brentford's promotion, coach Frank changed tactics and switched to a 352 formation, with Mbeumo having to play directly as a striker rather than cutting inside from the right wing.

In the 2021/22 season, Mbeumo was quite unlucky, with long-range shots often hitting the woodwork, scoring just four goals in 35 Premier League games, while the expected goals were as high as 9.3, indicating that he often "spits cakes". In comparison, Toney has scored three times as many goals as Mbeumo. However, Mbeumo has a respectable tally of assists, with seven assists.

But undeterred by his own disgrace, Mbeumo improved himself and improved after manager Frank fine-tuned his tactics and allowed him to return to his favourite right wing, Mbeumo improved with nine goals and eight assists.

Last season, Mbeumo was hampered by injuries and played just 25 Premier League games, but he still had nine goals and seven assists. It is worth mentioning that his injury coincides with the eight-month ban that Tony has been suspended for breaching FA gambling rules.

Frank believes Mbeumo's absence will have a greater impact than Toney's, signaling that the team intends to see him as the core. Toney eventually moved to the Saudi Pro League for £40 million before this season, with Mbemo officially becoming the number one protagonist at the Zitek Community Stadium.

Following the example of Manchester United's Cristiano Ronaldo in 2006, Mbeumo has significantly improved his shooting ability under the tutelage of coaches O'Connor and Justin Cochran. In the game against Tottenham, his left-footed shot was so freehand that it was quite like the "flying fairy" of his compatriot Zinedine Zidane in the Champions League final that year. He had another similar goal to show that his shooting skills had stabilized.

Prior to Toney's departure, Mbeumo reportedly sought advice from his team-mates on archery and practised his penalty kicks together, with him now using a similar technique to his old partner. Mbeumo can shoot from left to right now, but of course, you can't expect him to scramble for a header just over 1.7m, and his Premier League header is zero.

In addition to shooting, Frank told The Times that Mbomo's crosses, the volume of his passes and his possession when forced had improved. With the departures of Ollie Watkins, Ben Lahma and Toney, Mbeumo has built up another formidable attacking pairing, this time with Ioana Wissa, who are also close friends off the pitch and live next to each other in west London.

Mbemo and Wissa both joined Brentford in 2021 and although they represent Cameroon and the DRC respectively at international level, they are both French, watching tennis and Formula 1 together.

Interestingly, Wissa, who was a goalkeeper until the age of 13, has also scored 19 goals in the Premier League this season and is also linked with a move to Manchester United. "We don't need to talk, one look is enough." "It doesn't matter if I play as a number nine or on the left, when I turn around, I know that Bryan [Mbeumo] is going to go forward. Even if I'm blind, I can pass the ball forward because I know he's definitely there, just like in training."

Mbeumo's father is Cameroonian and although he was selected for France's Under-20 and Under-21 national youth teams, he chose to play for Cameroon. He represented Cameroon at the 2022 World Cup, where the team is currently second in Group D of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers in Africa.

If Mbeumo joins Manchester United, the national team competition will be a big enemy for Manchester United. For the first time at the end of the year, the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, originally scheduled for the Club World Cup, had to be rescheduled to December, with the opening match starting on 21 December and the final on 18 January 2026, coinciding with the Premier League's Christmas schedule.