Why Manchester United agreed to pay a premium for Mbeumo, how the negotiations played out and how they hope he will prove money well spent

Mbeumo completed his United medical over the weekend and has put pen to paper on a five-year contract, with the option of a further 12 months. He becomes the third senior addition of the summer for Ruben Amorim, after the arrivals of Matheus Cunha from Wolves and Diego Leon from Cerro Porteno.