Man United one step away from unleashing three players with £26m transfer as bid rejected

Since Manchester United lost the Europa League final to Tottenham on May 21, talk has materialised day-by-day calling for a desperate overhaul of the playing squad.

Ruben Amorim's first 'phase' at Old Trafford has been faced with countless problems ranging from player fall-out, disappointing results and now a lack of some much-needed transfer business.

So far, United have bought just Matheus Cunha. The Brazilian's £62.5million release clause was triggered at the start of June and he's already been introduced to his teammates at Carrington. But, despite Amorim admitting a number of times that his team requires attention, United have not yet acted.

Their interest in Bryan Mbeumo has been ongoing for well over a month now with two bids turned down by Brentford. Any hope that the 25-year-old would be part of United's pre-season squad have rapidly dwindled and the apparent lack of a third offer has cast doubts over an actual deal happening.

Whilst the main focus for Jason Wilcox and the recruitment team at United is to sign Mbeumo sooner rather than later, the Reds have other positions that need strengthening. One of them areas at centre-forward with United expected to sign a striker with better goalscoring prowess than Rasmus Hojlund.

However, a new midfielder has also been tipped to come in. Amorin's dream front three of Mbeumo, Cunha and a striker means Bruno Fernandes is expected to be play in one of the two central midfielder spots. One issue Amorim has, though, is that there isn't an obvious candidate to partner him.

Manuel Ugarte and Casemiro both featured heavily for United last term with Kobbie Mainoo's season being stagnated by injuries. The likes of Ederson, Wilfried Ndidi and Douglas Luiz have all been linked with