Amorim will hope he can bring the buccaneer spirit he showed at Brentford to United. “We had in our heads that we could win every game,” Mbeumo says. “So we just try to not be scared of the names in their team and then we just try to play.” The only time Mbeumo does get nervous is when playing the piano, his other cerebral hobby.

United head coach Ruben Amorim has suggested Mbeumo will play no part against Bournemouth in Chicago on Wednesday evening but could feature against Everton in Atlanta on Sunday. Mbeumo is aiming to be match-fit for the opening Premier League fixture against Arsenal on August 17.