Full credit score to Brighton & Hove Albion following their signing of Newcastle United teen Yankuba Minteh.
Fabrizio Romano confirmed the information yesterday on X (previously Twitter), with the Seagulls securing the alleged Liverpool goal for a ‘payment in extra of £30m’.
🚨🔵 Official, confirmed. Yankuba Minteh joins Brighton for payment in extra of £30m from Newcastle.
“Yankuba is younger expertise that has attracted loads of curiosity, so we’re delighted to welcome him to the membership”, technical director David Weir stated. pic.twitter.com/lxOWfXLnpO
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 1, 2024
The previous Feyenoord mortgage star confirmed his switch with a message to the south coast-based outfit’s supporters on X this morning.
Minteh with a message for you all! 🤳 pic.twitter.com/B8OoRHs9Ei
— Brighton & Hove Albion (@OfficialBHAFC) July 1, 2024
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Minteh amassed a formidable tally of 16 purpose contributions in 27 top-flight video games while on mortgage within the Eredivisie (at a fee of 1 purpose or help each 92 minutes).
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Liverpool have missed a possibility right here
While it’s troublesome to say for absolute sure whether or not or not Liverpool ought to have been everywhere in the deal (we don’t, in any case, know the way Slot will arrange his facet), it appears like a missed alternative.
At 19 years of age, with some Champions League expertise below his belt (albeit no Premier League expertise), the Magpies attacker seems a star with severe potential.
It might be the case, in fact, that we’re higher off ready to see how Minteh fares taking part in top-flight soccer in England. Although, a yr or so down the road will greater than seemingly see his worth skyrocket past the £30m or so Brighton forked out for his signature – offered he impresses within the foreseeable future.
What has Arne Slot stated about Yankuba Minteh?
Our new head coach evidently labored properly with {the teenager} given his numbers within the Eredivisie.
Slot additionally had this to say about his former protege from the temporary time they labored collectively: “He actually doesn’t lack self-confidence. His willingness to present the whole lot is gigantic. Once we see his statistics, it’s actually spectacular. Minteh ran extra dash meters towards Ajax in an hour than many gamers within the two video games. He’s extremely quick. And he desires it so badly.”
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