Jamie Carragher has hailed Ruben Amorim’s Manchester United signing Bryan Mbeumo as ‘top-of-the-line’ within the Premier League.
United spent over £200m in Amorim’s final transfer window answerable for the club, bringing Mbeumo, Matheus Cunha, Benjamin Sesko and Senne Lammens to Old Trafford.
All 4 summer signings have made a major impact at United, particularly within the club’s fruitful period under caretaker boss Michael Carrick since Amorim’s departure last month.
Each Mbeumo and Cunha have provided substantial attacking threat in the ultimate third, while Sesko has scored six goals in seven games since Amorim was axed.
Lammens also looks to be a shrewd signing for Manchester United, having quickly established himself because the club’s No. 1 since his £18m move from Royal Antwerp.
United have amassed 16 points from a possible 18 under Carrick to climb into the Champions League places, an enormous improvement from a side that finished just fifteenth last season.
Liverpool legend and ex-England defender Carragher has been impressed by United’s resurgence and singled out Mbeumo for special praise, describing the previous Brentford forward as certainly one of the signing of the season.
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‘Bryan Mbeumo got here in as almost a right-winger or a right-sided forward within the Ruben Amorim system and I used to be surprised to see him undergo the center,’ Carragher said on Sky Sports.
‘But for me he’s been top-of-the-line signings within the Premier League this season. He suits Manchester United so well.
‘I’ve heard Gary Neville so often describe what a United player should look like and it appears like it’s him [Mbeumo].
‘He can get you up the pitch with power and pace and has that finish as well. He’s been absolutely implausible and provides United a lot whether he’s up top or out wide.’
Manchester United legend Neville has also praised ‘really solid signing’ Mbeumo and suggested each Arsenal and Chelsea must have tried to secure his signature.
Assessing Manchester United’s deal for Mbeumo on the Stick with Football podcast, Neville said: ‘When you take a look at it now, Mbeumo would probably have been higher for Chelsea and Arsenal than the players they got.
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‘I believe Joao Pedro had done quite well but Mbeumo… I mean, he would have been a sensation for Arsenal, wouldn’t he?
‘He’s a superb signing for Manchester United, a extremely solid signing. I like him loads.’
Ian Wright, meanwhile, agreed with Neville’s assessment and suggested he was ‘gutted’ that Mbeumo didn’t find yourself at Arsenal.
‘He at all times looks dangerous,’ Wright said of Mbeumo. ‘Once you see how he plays, absolutely [he would have strengthened Arsenal].’
Manchester United beat Everton 1-0 on Monday night and return to Premier League motion on the weekend against Crystal Palace.
‘We needed to do numerous work, credit to Everton they made it difficult, made us defend our box loads,’ Carrick said after the narrow win over Everton. ‘The spirit with which we defended the box was top class.
‘A clean sheets is implausible. We will play higher than that, but at the identical time it is agreeable to return away from home and win 1-0.’
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