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Bryan Mbeumo could hole an important role in the attempts to bring Brighton star Carlos Baleba to Manchester United .

The 21-year-old was heavily linked with a move to Old Trafford this past summer but the Seagulls' reported £100m valuation of the midfielder proved too much for the Red Devils hierarchy.

Ruben Amorim was in the market for improvements to his engine room but failed to acquire any midfield targets in the summer, with most of United's budget used to rejuvenating their forward line.

A deal for Baleba was never close to getting past the finish line as Brighton chairman Tony Bloom candidly revealed, as he recently said: "There was interest from Manchester United , and we said that he wasn't available this summer and they went away. So we've had many bigge

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