Liverpool have made a huge bid to buy Yankuba Minteh. BBC Sport say their information is that the scousers made an offer of £50m to Brighton. However, the broadcaster says that this opening bid has been rejected by the Seagulls. An interesting bit of transfer window news, especially as Yankuba Minteh is currently out injured. The specialist Premier Injuries site reports that the winger isn’t expected to return from his calf injury until later October at the earliest. Newcastle United paid £7m in summer 2023 for the winger and he went on loan to Feyenoord for the 2023/24 season.
Then when the emergency June 2024 PSR crisis hit, Yankuba Minteh was then sold for a reported £33m to Brighton without playing a single minute of football for NUFC. Elliot Anderson was also sold for £35m in June 2024 to help create an instant profit of more than £50m on the pair compared to their book value at the time, to cover the PSR shortfall. Anderson recently went to Manchester City for £116m, Newcastle United without any sell-on clause in place.
Whether Liverpool go back to Brighton with an improved bid for Yankuba Minteh remains to be seen. BBC Sport report: ‘The 22-year-old Gambia international has scored 10 goals and provided nine assists in 73 appearances for the Seagulls. The priority for Reds boss Andoni Iraola for the remainder of the transfer window is to strengthen his wide attacking options after the departure of Mohamed Salah, and Liverpool will continue to look at a number of possibilities to test the market. They signed Victor Munoz, who can play as a winger or through the middle, from Osasuna for £34m earlier this summer. Paris St-Germain’s Bradley Barcola remains a priority for Liverpool but as it stands the sides are too far apart on their valuation of the 23-year-old France winger, who is open to moving to Anfield. PSG are holding out for a fee in the region of £145m but Liverpool would be more willing to strike a deal closer to the £100m mark.’
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