· 3 June 2025, 11:00
**Last night, it emerged that Bryan Mbeumo had chosen Manchester United as his next club despite strong interest from Newcastle United.**
The Brentford winger had reportedly told Newcastle that they would have to [quadruple his £45,000-a-week wages](https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/sport/25209706.newcastle-united-missing-bryan-mbeumo-man-utd/) he's receiving at Brentford, which would put him on a higher wage than Alexander Isak currently.
If that's true, then it tells us more about the man than we needed to know. Look, we understand that football is an entirely different world where money means very little to those who have it, but did every professional footballer get into the game just for the money?
If Mbeumo had any pride at all, he'd walk up the extortionate pay rise he'd receive at Manchester United against ... well, playing for this Manchester United. Especially when the other option is Newcastle, which can offer Champions League football and playing alongside Alexander Isak.
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Luke Edwards makes a very good point
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Whatever. It is what it is. The real question is, as Luke Edwards has asked on X this morning - how are Manchester United funding this? They've just signed Matheus Cunha for £62 million and they won that race by throwing high wages at him, and are about to do the same with Mbeumo.
There was talk of Bruno Fernandes going to Saudi Arabia for £100 million, which might have explained their ability to spend, but now that is not happening, so where are they getting their money from?
They're up to their testes in debt, they have no European football next season, which will be a huge hit to their bottom line, so from which mafia boss did they steal their accountant?
Who is next on the list for Newcastle if Mbeumo is out of the question?
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It's hard enough to make peace with a player being such a blatant mercenary and turning down a move to a club where they could be way more successful for the sake of a bigger payday, but when that club shouldn't be able to afford said payday, that makes it so much harder to take.
If Newcastle are to lose out on Mbuemo now, as we expect, that begs the question: who is next on the list for Newcastle?
There are plenty of options and several names have been mentioned over recent months, but while we knew Mbeumo topped the list, the order behind him was unknown.