Manchester United new signing Bryan Mbeumo has named Ademola Lookman among the current best top three African players.
Mbeumo joined United after completing his move from Brentford for an initial £65m.
The 25-year-old signed a five-year contract, with the option of a further 12 months.
He is Red Devils’ third signing of the summer after the arrivals of forward Matheus Cunha and left-back Diego Leon.
United’s third offer, worth an initial £65m with £6m in add-ons, was accepted last week.
Speaking in a chat with United legend Rio Ferdinand, Mbeumo identified legendary Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o as someone he look up to.
“Of course, I looked up to Eto’o. He’s a striker as well. He was scoring goals as well, and that was what I wanted to do when I was young, scoring goals and trying to help the team to win and I think he was a very good inspiration.”
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Pressed further about the top three African players at present, Mbeumo mentioned Egypt amd Liverpool star Mohammed Salah Lookman and Paris Saint-Germain’s Morocco international Achraf Hakimi.
“For now, Salah, Lookman, and Achraf Hakimi. He’s the best right-back in the world,”
Lookman is the current African Player of the Year following his impressive performance for both the Super Eagles and Atalanta.
After helping the Eagies to reach the AFCON 2023 final, where they lost 2-1 to hosts Côte d’Ivoire, Lookman continued his display for his Serie A club, taking them to the Italian Cup and Europa League finals.
Atalanta lost to Juventus 1-0 in the Italian Cup final but thrashed Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in the Europa League final, with Lookman bagging the three goals.
By James Agberebi
