With Cameroon star Bryan Mbeumo reportedly keen to sign for Manchester United, we look at five African attackers who have donned the famous Red Devils jersey.
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When Ivan Toney left Brentford at the start of the 2024/25 campaign, the key question surrounding the Gtech Stadium was: who would step up to score the goals for the Bees? The once-capped international did just that in a major way.
Mbeumo scored 20 goals and provided nine assists for the London-based club, and earlier this week, news broke that if he were to leave the English capital, his first-choice destination would be United.
He would join an exclusive list of African attackers to have played for the record Premier League champions, but he wouldn’t be the only African star in the club’s dressing room, as he’d be joining fellow West African Amad Diallo.
This season, the Ivory Coast international enjoyed his breakthrough campaign. Despite suffering an ankle injury that kept him out for two months, the young star managed to score eight goals and provide eight assists in the English top flight, proving himself to be a player Ruben Amorim will depend on going forward.
While the potential link-up between Mbeumo and Diallo would represent a new generation of African talent lighting up the Theatre of Dreams, the first player from the planet’s second-largest continent to make a name for himself in a United shirt was Bafana Bafana legend Quinton Fortune.
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The versatile South African made a name for himself bombing down the left flank and enjoyed a trophy-laden spell with the club, winning three league titles and an FA Cup during his six-year stay.
