Nearly a month has passed since United had their initial bid for Mbeumo rejected. They returned with a second bid but that still fell short of Brentford's valuation of their forward and for now the Cameroon international remains in west London.

Mbeumo wants Manchester United, Brentford seem to have a replacement in Milambo, and Ruben Amorim surely hopes the 25-year-old is signed before pre-season begins, so the longer the Red Devils haggle over the £5m gap in valuation, the more they risk angering their Lisbon-born coach and supporters too.