Manchester United remain in a stand-off with Brentford over their move for Byran Mbeumo with a ‘considerable gap’ in the valuation of the forward.
An opening offer of £45million plus £10m in add-ons was rejected by Brentford with a second proposal of £55m plus £7.5m in bonuses also turned away at the end of June.
Talks continued after that second bid was rejected but there has been no third bid from Old Trafford with no progress in over two weeks.
Brentford are understood to be demanding a fixed fee that exceeds the £62.5m they paid to sign Matheus Cunha from Wolves.
Ruben Amorim has been eager for the club to get their transfer business done early with what is expected to be an intensive pre-season camp getting underway this week.
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United’s first pre-season game is against Leeds United in Stockholm on Saturday before the squad fly out to the United States for games against West Ham United, Bournemouth and Everton.
As things stand, Cunha and 18-year-old left-back Diego Leon are the only new faces in the squad.
United’s focus is on Mbeumo and are hoping a patient approach will see Brentford ease their valuation.
The Ivory Coast international wants to make the move to Manchester despite interest from Arsenal, Newcastle United and Tottenham but is not currently agitating for the move, reporting to training this week.
The Athletic report the forward’s mood at the Bees could be a factor in coming negotiations with Mbeumo reportedly growing frustrated with the slow progress in the deal.
United are still eager to offload Marcus Rashford, Alejandro Garnacho, Jadon Sancho, Antony and Tyrell Malacia is boost incoming transfer business but have benefited from two former players joining new clubs.
Anthony Elanga, who left United to join Nottingham Forest two years ago, joined Newcastle United in a £55m deal last week.
Thanks to a 10 per cent sell-on clause, United will bank around £6m from that deal.
Alvaro Fernandez left United to join Benfica permanently last summer and after a superb campaign in Portugal, has been snapped up by Real Madrid for £43.4m.
With a 20 per cent sell-on clause included in the deal that took him to Benfica, United will earn up to £7.5m from that transfer.