Manchester United's biggest weakness could be about to become their biggest strength

After wrapping up the signing of Matheus Cunha from Wolves last weekend, Manchester United are a third of the way towards to fixing their attack.

United identified Cunha as one of their top targets for this summer's transfer window several months ago and acted swiftly to secure his signature on the opening day of the window, after triggering his £62.5million release clause.

The Brazilian is expected to occupy the left-sided No.10 position in Ruben Amorim's 3-4-2-1 system after regularly making things happen from that area of the pitch at Molineux.

United's focus has now switched to strengthen the right-sided No.10 position amid their pursuit of Brentford star Bryan Mbeumo. As reported by the Manchester Evening News on Thursday, United have seen an opening offer of £45m, plus £10m in add-ons, turned down.

However, United are maintaining discussions with Brentford and there is a growing belief they will be able to extract him from the Gtech Community Stadium amid the Cameroonian's desire to move to Old Trafford.

Should United secure the 25-year-old's signature, they will sign him on the back of a 20-goal Premier League season. Only Mohamed Salah (29), Alexander Isak (23) and Erling Haaland (22) scored more goals than him in the top flight this season.

Just like Cunha, Mbeumo is a ready-made and proven Premier League attacker. Since the start of the 2023/24 campaign, Cunha and Mbeumo have plundered 56 Premier League goals between them.

For context, that is only 45 goals fewer than what United scored collectively in the 2023/24 and 2024/25 Premier League campaigns combined. The prospect of Mbeumo joining Cunha at Old Trafford instantly strengthens United's attack.

In 2024/25, United scored just 44 league goals, with only