Sami Mokbel
BBC Sport Senior football correspondent
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Brentford director of football Phil Giles says the club will only sell Bryan Mbeumo if the “deal is right” and hasn’t ruled out the forward staying.
Cameroon international Mbeumo is the subject of serious interest from Manchester United, who have had two offers rejected for the forward - the second of which was worth up to £62.5million.
Mbeumo wants to join United and is understood to have expressed that point of view to the London club.
And speaking to BBC Sport, Giles said: “There’s not so much (progress with Mbeumo).
“He had a fantastic season, we expected big interest in him, we have had big interest in him.
“He has his ideas about where he wants to take his career, of course he does – he is well within his rights to do that.
“We are in constant dialogue with him and representatives about that. As it stands at the minute we don’t have an agreement in place for him to leave.
“It is not impossible he is still a Brentford player next season if we agree he is going to stay.
“It has to be the right deal for Brentford, any club will tell you that. If it’s not right deal why would we do it.
“He is certainly one of our best players, if not our best player, and we need our best players. There’s no harm in keeping your best players.”